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1 Post Graduate Teaching Department of Home-Science Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Jyotiba Phule Campus, Amravati Road, Nagpur - 440010, Maharashtra, IN
Source
The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 44, No 10 (2007), Pagination: 476-483
Abstract
Leafy vegetables containing phytofactor potential are now referred to as functional foods or health foods being known as protective foods Betel leaves are known to Indian culture from ages. Paan was invented by scholars of Ayurveda thousands of years ago with the help of Dhanvantari. The colloquial name for betel leaves is paan and its botanical name is Piper betel. Paan was found to be good for digestion.
