Piper betle(PB),also known as ubeter,in Malay language,is a tropical Asian vine.PB leaves are commonly chewed by Asians along with betel quid.It contains phenols such as eugenol and hydroxychavicol along with chloroph...Piper betle(PB),also known as ubeter,in Malay language,is a tropical Asian vine.PB leaves are commonly chewed by Asians along with betel quid.It contains phenols such as eugenol and hydroxychavicol along with chlorophyll,P-carotene,and vitamin C(Salehi et al.,2019).Extracts from PB leaves have various medicinal properties including anticancer,antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,and antibacterial effects(Salehi et al.,2019).Previous research has shown that PB induces cell cycle arrest at late S or G2/M phase and causes apoptosis at higher doses(Wu et al.,2014;Guha Majumdar and Subramanian,2019).展开更多
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文摘Piper betle(PB),also known as ubeter,in Malay language,is a tropical Asian vine.PB leaves are commonly chewed by Asians along with betel quid.It contains phenols such as eugenol and hydroxychavicol along with chlorophyll,P-carotene,and vitamin C(Salehi et al.,2019).Extracts from PB leaves have various medicinal properties including anticancer,antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,and antibacterial effects(Salehi et al.,2019).Previous research has shown that PB induces cell cycle arrest at late S or G2/M phase and causes apoptosis at higher doses(Wu et al.,2014;Guha Majumdar and Subramanian,2019).
