Mitodepressive effect of khat (Catha edulis) on the bone marrow of mice

Biomedical Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 214, 1996, Pages 69-72

  Omari, Y I ^a   Shraideh, Z A ^a   Abderrhman, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Catha edulis; Khat; Mitodepression; Mouse bone marrow

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030326876     PISSN: 0961088X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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