Khat: Pharmacological and medical aspects and its social use in Yemen

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 403-413

  Al Motarreb, Ahmed ^a   Baker, Kathryn ^a   Broadley, Kenneth J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

( ) S cathinone; Acute myocardial infarction; Khat; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALKALOID; AMPHETAMINE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHEDULINE; CATHINONE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PHENYLPENTENYLAMINE; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; SEROTONIN; TANNIN; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPOTENCE; INGESTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE SMOKING; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; POLICY; RAT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YEMEN; AGRICULTURE; CATHA EDULIS; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGRICULTURE; ALKALOIDS; CATHA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YEMEN; HUMANS;

CATHA; CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 0036667465     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1106     Document Type: Review

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