Catha edulis Forsk Mediates Embryotoxic Effects in Rats: An Experimental Study
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Assessment of khat (Catha edulis Forsk) 1. Substance Identification
F. WHO Review History: The WHO Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) and other UN bodies reviewed khat at earlier occasions. The Advisory Committee on the Traffic in Opium and Other Dangerous Drugs of the League of Nations discussed on the subject in 1933, but no action was taken. On request of the Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND), the Expert Committee on Addiction-Producing Drugs (as t...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Morphology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0717-9502
DOI: 10.4067/s0717-95022018000301087