Beetlipähkleid kasutab igapäevaselt 200–450 miljonit inimest ning see on tubaka, alkoholi ja kohvi järel neljas levinuim psühhoaktiivne aine. ... Beetlipähklites leidub 0,3–2% püridiinalkaloide, sealhulgas arekoliini, guvakoliini, arkaiini ja guvatsiini. Beetlipähkel vähendab söögiisu ja ergutab kesknärvisüsteemi. Samuti ergutab beetlipähklite närimine süljeeritust, kopsu- ja soolenäärmeid, kiirendab südame löögisagedust ja tõstab vererõhku.
The scale of betel nut use is enormous, used by around 200–400 million people, making it the fourth most widely “abused” substance after caffeine, nicotine and alcohol.
A betel quid is formed by wrapping a small piece of betel nut—the seed of the areca, or betel, palm (Areca catechu)—in a betel pepper leaf (Piper betle) along with slaked lime (calcium hydroxide) to cause salivation and release stimulating alkaloids.
Online Language Learning Tool SkELL allows users to search for phrases in sentences, collocates and similar words. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain errors.
