Lei D et al showed in vitro nitrogen oxide scavenging effect in the hydroalcoholic extract of the
betel leaf. [8]
No wonder a
betel leaf in Pakistan costs over ` 20- 30 depending on the availability in the market.
Besides, with youths including women getting addicted to smoking and drinking, such cases are expected to increase among these populations unless controlled otherwise." Abdulkader also said that many schoolchildren are getting addicted to suwayka and another chewable tobacco derivative called
betel leaf and areca nut.
So it was less the extravagance than the visual splendour of gilded sweets or sheermal flatbread or evenpaan (aromatic whole spices folded in a
betel leaf) that amused the jaded eye of the maharajahs in whose courts the practice evolved.
The mill in eastern Orissa state has been delayed by criticism it would ruin lives of thousands of poverty-stricken people, who say the plant will disrupt their
betel leaf plantations and forest-based livelihoods.
Finally he takes readers to the Sylhet region for small-scale
betel leaf agroforestry and linkages between livelihoods of forest villagers and forest conservation.
Pakistan, June 07 -- Gone are the days when paan (
betel leaf) chewing belonged to only Urdu speaking people (Muhajir and Memon), now it is popular among all.
The assault on the
betel leaf could be seen as a curious choice as Dubai's faces far more serious troubles after the global recession crashed the boomtown's party and left many construction sites idle and foreign workers packing up.
Commonly,
betel leaf (from the vine Piper betle L), areca nut (the fruit of Areca catechu L), lime (from seashells), gambir (a preparation from the leaves and twigs of the shrub Uncaria gambir), and shredded tobacco are included.