Contents of Phenolics and Alkaloids in Areca catechu Linn. during Maturation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1185-1188

  Wang, Chin Kun ^a   Lee, Wen Hsiu ^a   Peng, Chin Hui ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Areca catechu Linn; Areca fruit; Maturation; Phenolics; Tender shoot; Upside down areca fruit

Indexed keywords

ARECA; ARECA CATECHU; PIPER BETEL;

EID: 0000768872     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf960547q     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Bhosle, R. B.; Murti, P. R.; Gupta, P. C. Tobacco habits in India. In The control of tobacco-related cancers and other disease; Prakash, C., Hamner, J. E., Murti, P. R., Eds.; Oxford University Press: Bombay, 1992; pp 25-46.
2. Canniff, J. P.; Harvey, W. The aetiology of oral submucous fibrosis: the stimulation of collagen synthesis by extracts of areca nut. Int. J. Oral Surg. 1981, 10, 163-167.
3. Huang, J. L.; McLeish, M. J. High performance liquid chromatographic determination of the alkaloids in betel nut. J. Chromatogr. 1989, 475, 447-450.
4. Hwang, L. S.; Wang, C.-K.; Sheu, M.-J.; Kao, L.-S. Phenolic compounds of Piper betle flower as flavoring and neuronal modulating agents. In Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health I; Ho, C. T., Lee, C. Y., Huang, M. T., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 506; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1992; pp 200-213.
5. Hwang, L. S.; Wang, C.-K; Kao, L.-S. Neuronal activity modulating components in betel quid. Symposium on betel quid chewing and its health effect, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 1993.
6. Janowsky, D. S.; Risch, S. C. Cholinomimetic and anticholinergic drugs used to investigate an acetylcholine hypothesis of affective disorders and stress. Drug. Dev. Res. 1984, 4, 125-129.
7. Johnston, G. A. R.; Krogsgaard-Larsen, P.; Stephanson, A. Betel nut constituents as inhibitors of γ-aminobutyric acid uptake. Nature 1975, 258, 627-628.
8. Julkunen-Tiitto, R. Phenolic constituents in the leaves of Northern willows: Methods for the analysis of certain phenolics. J. Agric. Food Chem. 1985, 33, 213-217.
9. Ko, Y. C.; Chiang, T. A.; Chang, S. J.; Hsieh, S. F. Prevalence of betel quid chewing habit in Taiwan and related sociodemographic factors. J. Oral Pathol. Med. 1992, 21, 261-264.
10. Manske, R. H. F.; Holmes, H. L. The alkaloids Vol. I; Academic Press: New York, 1950; pp 171-175.
11. Mathew, A. G.; Govindarajan, V. S. Polyphenolic substances of areca nut II. Changes during maturation and ripening. Phytochemistry 1964, 3, 657-665.
12. Mujumdar, A. M.; Kapadi, A. H.; Pendse, G. S. Chemistry and pharmacology of betel nut Areca catechu Linn. J. Plant Crops 1979, 7, 69-92.
13. Nagabhushan, M.; Bhide, S. V. Antimutagenicity of catechin against environmental mutagens. Mutagenesis 1988, 3, 293-296.
14. Nieschulz, O. Pharmacology of the active principle of betel (I) central effects of arecoline. Arzneim. Forsch. 1967, 17, 1292-1295.
15. Peri, C.; Pompei, C. Estimation of different phenolic groups in vegetable extracts. Phytochemistry 1971, 10, 2187-2189.
16. Scutt, A.; Mehgji, S.; Canniff, J. P.; Harvey, W. Stabilization of collagen by betel nut polyphenols as a mechanism in oral submucous fibrosis. Experientia 1987, 43, 391-393.
17. Stich, H. F.; Ohshima, H.; Pignatelli, B.; Michelon, J.; Bartsch, H. Inhibitory effect of betel nut extracts on endogenous nitrosation in humans. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 1983, 70, 1047-1050.
18. Taylor, P. Cholinergic agonists. In The Pharmacological Basis of Theraperuics; Gilman, A. G., Rail, T. W., Nies, A. S., Taylor, P., Eds.; Pergamon Press: New York, 1990.
19. Wang, C.-K.; Hwang, L. S. Analysis of the phenolic compounds in betel quid. J. Chin. Agric. Chem. Soc. 1993a, 31, 623-632.
20. Wang, C.-K.; Hwang, L. S. Study on the separation and hydrolysis of alkaloids from betel nut. Food. Sci. 1993b, 20, 514-526.
21. Wang, C.-K.; Lee, W.-H. The separation, characteristics and biological activities of phenolics in areca fruit. J. Agric. Food Chem. 1996, 44, 2014-2019.