Arecoline, a naturally occurring psychoactive alkaloid, is a partial agonist of nicotinic and muscarinic acetylcholine receptor. Arecoline exhibits stimulation, alertness, anxiolysis and anti-parasitic effects. Arecoline also can induce oxidative stress^[4].

Arecoline induces the generation of reactive oxygen species and cell cycle arrest at the G1/G0 phase in HaCaT cells without affecting the expression of p21/Cip1. Arecoline-induced epithelial cell death at higher concentrations is caused by oxidative trauma without eliciting apoptosis. Arecoline upregulates the expression of the following stress-responsive genes: hemeoxygenase-1; ferritin light chain; glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; glutamatecysteine ligase catalytic subunit; and glutathione reductase.

西域 has not independently confirmed the accuracy of these methods. They are for reference only.

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