Title
Piper Betel Linn (Betel Vine), the Maligned Southeast Asian Medicinal Plant Possesses Cancer Preventive Effects: Time to Reconsider the Wronged Opinion
Description
Since antiquity, Piper betel Linn (betel vine; family Piperaceae) has been an important medicinal agent in the various traditional and folk systems of medicine in Southeast Asia countries. The leaves are the most valued plant part and in the past were routinely used as a chewing agent to prevent halitosis. The leaves are also supposed to harden the gum, conserve the teeth and to prevent indigestion, bronchitis, constipation, congestion, coughs and asthma.
Creator
Manoj Rai, Karadka Ramdas Thilakchand, Princy L Palatty, Prathima Rao, Suresh Rao, Harshith P Bhat & Shrinath Baliga
Date
2011
Identifier
200825020
Publisher
Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention