Component of chewing responsible for premalignant lesions
Usual ingredients are betel nut, betel leaf, lime and tobacco. The most important carcinogen is tobacco. The betel nut has got 2 alkaloids namely, arecoline and tannins. The arecoline stimulate collagen synthesis and proliferation of fibroblasts. The tannins stabilise the collagen fibrils
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