OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of and characteristics associated with Sri Lankan adolescents' chewing of areca. BASIC RESEARCH DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study based on a self-administered questionnaire. PARTICIPANTS 633, 15-year-olds in the Bandarawela education zone of Sri Lanka. RESULTS Nearly 7% of the sample were current chewers of arecanut and 1% of commercially avail...

Wild Water Buffalo (WWB) Bubalus arnee is an endangered species and a protected animal in Nepal. The remaining WWB population located Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve (KTWR), it appears to have low viability under prevailing conditions. We assessed the habitat use conservation threats wild water buffalo KTWR. For analysis quadrant method was used. Eighty-four quadrants of 25 m2 for trees, 168 10m2 ...

Abstract Community dependence on logging forest resources which exceeds the carrying capacity limit. The existence of natural in form Non-Timber Forest Products can directly reduce exploitation timber products. Method data collection were interview technique and field observation. results showed that types non-timber products (HHBK) have economic potential are sugar palm ( Arenga pinnata ), pat...

The role of lime in the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), i.e., O2-., H2O2, and OH., from betel-quid components (extracts of areca nut and catechu) was investigated in vitro using a chemiluminescence technique and an assay for oxidative DNA damage involving analysis of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine. Of the various areca-nut extracts, the catechin fraction, at alkaline pH, was shown to b...

or ' pan ') with the addition of lime, arecanut, catechu, cardamoms, nutmeg, cloves and camphor. In treatises on Ayurveda, the betel leaf has been stated to have beneficial effects on the throat, larynx, respiratory and digestive organs, particularly in conditions like cough, dyspnoea and indigestion in children. According to Susruta, it is aromatic, carminative, stimulant and astringent. Inter...

Experiments were carried out to test the aqueous extracts of twenty plants for their antifungal activity against Fusarium solani the causal of dry rot disease of potato. The obtained results showed a differential activity of the plant extracts against the mycelium growth. The combined leaf extracts of Lawsonia alba and stem extracts of Acacia catechu in general showed a strong enhancement in ac...

*Corresponding author email id: [email protected] ABSTRACT: antilipase activity is defined as inhibition of lipase enzyme inturn inhibiting the accumulation of cholesterol in the body. The degradation of FFA may result in increased Cholesterol & Obesity. The idea of inhibition of lipase enzyme may help in the controlled release of free fatty acids in the body thereby decreasing the cholester...