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during his visit to China in the 1830s. After chewing a betel nut, the red residue is generally spat out. Accordingly, places have banned chewing this nut to avoid eyesores.

Chemistry

The major alkaloid in betel nut is arecoline, a non-selective partial agonist of muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

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