Khat - A controversial plant

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 604-614

  Balint, Erica E ^a   Falkay, George ^b   Balint, Gabor A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Catha edulis; Chemistry; Control; Khat; Pharmacology; Socioeconomic considerations

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPHETAMINE; AMPICILLIN; ANOREXIGENIC AGENT; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; MINERAL; NARCOTIC AGENT; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; PHENYLALKYLAMINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG; STEROL DERIVATIVE; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALERTNESS; ANOREXIA; AROUSAL; BLURRED VISION; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CATHA EDULIS; CHRONIC GASTRITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DENTAL CARIES; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; DUODENUM ULCER; ENTERITIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUPHORIA; GENOTOXICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANDIOSE DELUSION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RATE; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPNAGOGIC HALLUCINATION; HYPOMANIA; IMPOTENCE; INFLUENZA; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; KERATOSIS; LACTATION; LETHARGY; LIBIDO; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FIBROSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG EDEMA; MALAISE; MALNUTRITION; MASTICATION; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MIGRAINE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYDRIASIS; NONHUMAN; ORAL MUCOSAL DISEASE; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; POLYDIPSIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; SPERMATOZOON; STILLBIRTH; STOMACH EMPTYING; SWEATING; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VOMITING; XEROSTOMIA;

CATHA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 71149097411     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-009-1259-7     Document Type: Review

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