Fluoride content in khat (Catha edulis) chewing leaves

Archives of Oral Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 253-255

  Hattab, Faiez N ^a   Angmar Månsson, Birgit ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fluoride; Khat leaves

Indexed keywords

CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FLUORIDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMISTRY; DIET; HUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; SALIVA; TOOTH COLOR; YEMEN;

CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SALIVA;

CATHA EDULIS;

EID: 0343067076     PISSN: 00039969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9969(99)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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