| URL: | http://arecanut.icmr.org.in |
| Full name: | Database Based on a Global Survey of Literature on Areca Nut and Associated Health Effects |
| Description: | ANDB is the comprehensive, web-based, user-friendly database for Areca Nut literature. It aims to compile the literature across the globe related to Areca Nut and its health effects with special focus on cancer. The current version comprises 662 articles published in this field. This platform is the first attempt of its kind to provide all the relevant information with respect to Global Survey on health effects on Areca Nut. It not only provides the data on Areca Nut and associated diseases, genetic, socio-behavioural, economic studies but also policy related literature can be extracted |
| Year founded: | 2019 |
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| Country/Region: | India |
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| University/Institution: | ICMR |
| Address: | ICMR-National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research (Formerly ICPO) I-7, Sector-39, NOIDA, Distt. Gautam Buddha Nagar,1 Uttar Pradesh-201301, INDIA |
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| Country/Region: | India |
| Contact name (PI/Team): | Mehrotra R |
| Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): | director-icpo@gov.in |
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ANDB: Development of a Database Based on a Global Survey of Literature on Areca Nut and Associated Health Effects. [PMID: 31347432]
Areca nut (AN), commonly known as "Supari" in India is an addictive substance and widely consumed with or without tobacco as a part of customs in many South East Asian countries. Owing to the adverse health effects of AN, public awareness and stringent government policies to prohibit AN production and regulation of products containing AN should be addressed without further delay. Lack of a research database, motivated us to develop a comprehensive online portal on global survey of published articles with reference to AN. The Areca nut database (ANDB) is a manually curated database which provides the information on global literature according to the publication year, author, population, harmful effects, and associated disease. The present study is an attempt to deliver the relevant information which would be helpful to researchers in prioritizing the research areas with respect to AN and associated health effects. The portal has been developed in MySQL and the interface has been designed using core PhP and CSS, HTML. ANDB is an online resource available to provide global literature of AN in a user-friendly manner. It can be accessed freely on http://arecanut.icmr.org.in/ . To the best of our knowledge, ANDB is the first portal delivering inclusive scientific literature related to AN and its health effects. This evidence-based scientific information would be useful for policy makers to make guidelines for increasing awareness and implementing the laws for regulated use of this potentially carcinogenic substance, thereby controlling the burden of many dreaded diseases primarily oral submucous fibrosis, cardiovascular disease, and cancers. |