The Hazards to Oral Cavity and Research Progress of Softening Methods for Edible Areca Nut Fiber

Prolonged chewing edible areca nut may lead to oral diseases.Areca nut fibre is the main trigger factor for oral diseases.Softening areca nut fibre may decrease the occurrence of oral diseases.In the present review,areca nut fibre softening techniques,such as physical methos,chemical methods,biological methods and combined method,were summarized and their advantages and disadvantages were discussed.It was also put forward that the radiation processing technology had a promising application prospect in the processing of areca nut.