Salivary Arecoline and Arecaidine in current and past Arecanut users

• Main Authors: Dr Shalini Gupta (Author), Prof Thirumurthy Velpandian (Author), Dr Moksha Koul (Author), Dr Nihal Singh (Author), Dr Kalaivani Mani (Author), Dr Divya Santolia (Author), Dr Sheetal Sharma (Author), Dr Swati Dahiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aim or Purpose: Arecanut (AN) alkaloid Arecoline (AC) is cytotoxic, genotoxic, mutagenic, induces proinflammatory and oncogenic cytokines. AN users have a high risk of developing Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) and Oral Cancer. Salivary AC can be measured < 8 hours after AN chewing and is metaboli...