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Revista Cubana de Estomatología
On-line version ISSN 1561-297X
Abstract
FERNANDEZ PEREZ, Felipe Segundo; LORIE GONZALEZ, Alfredo F. and ARIAS GALLARDO, Ana Isis. Some pharmacological and medicolegal considerations related to the consumption of Catha edulis Forsk (Khat). Rev Cubana Estomatol [online]. 2008, vol.45, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-297X.
A bibliographic review of the history and antecedents of the consumption of Catha edulis, Khat (Chat in Amaric) in Ethiopia (Erithrea today), a botanical and pharmacological analysis of its chemical components and of its effects on the human body, from the pharmacological, medicolegal and social point of view, are made.
Keywords : Catha edulis Forsk (Khat); properties; effects.