The effect of khat chewing on gallbladder motility in a group of volunteers

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 225-227

  Murugan, N ^a,b   Burkhill, G ^a   Williams, S G ^a   Padley, S P G ^a   Murray Lyon, I M ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gallbladder; Gallstones; Khat

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER EMPTYING; GALLBLADDER MOTILITY; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTUCE; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE EAST; NORMAL HUMAN; ULTRASOUND; YEMEN;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 0038301119     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8741(03)00079-5     Document Type: Article

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