Chewing qat leaves slows the whole gut transit time

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 444-447

  Gunaid, Abdallah A ^a   El Khally, Fouad M ^a   Hassan, Nageeb A ^a   Murray Lyon, Iain M ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catha edulis; Cathinone; Constipation; Qat; Tannins

Indexed keywords

CATHINONE; TANNIN;

ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CONSTIPATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; INTRINSIC SYMPATHOMIMETIC ACTIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANT LEAF; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0032810228     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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