Our team just want to observe the aqueous effect of Betel nuts as aphrodisiac since it could increase two fold level of rat testosterone. We need any other information if there is harmful for certain cells.
Alkaloids of Areca catechu is harmful and there are various opinion on safety of this drug. In india this is a major consumption by population and well known under the name "Supari". Traditionally It is also used as an aphrodisiac along with betel leaf(Piper betel).
I am attaching here few literature : pros and cons
Thank you very much for your very nice response with 3 evident papers on Betel Nut, but I met in those papers described ethanol extract containing harmful alkaloids of Areca catechu. Would you kind send me any other paper describing about its aqueous extract that is harmful for certain system or cell biology?
I appreciate and eager to know much about "Supari" that I've never known yet in my country, Indonesia.