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Fibrotic Effects of Arecoline<i>N</i>-Oxide in Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders
10 Jun 2015
Abstract excerpt
The metabolites of environmental chemicals play key roles in carcinogenesis. Areca nut is strongly associated with the development of oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) or cancer. The main alkaloid in the areca nut is arecoline, which is highly cytotoxic and genotoxic. Arecoline N-oxide, a metabolite of areca nut alkaloids, which has been identified in animal urine, has been shown to induce mutagenicity...
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