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Self-Care Practice in the Management of Hypertension Among Adults in Africa: Findings From a Scoping Review. [PDF]
Health Sci RepABSTRACT Background and Aims Effective self‐care for hypertension spans medication adherence and lifestyle practices (dietary salt reduction, physical activity, weight control, smoking/alcohol moderation). This scoping review summarizes self‐care strategies employed by adults with hypertension in Africa and identifies factors influencing their self ...
Adeosun A, Khan HTA, Lawal M.
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Questionnaire to determine the ethnopharmacological uses of Catha edulis
, 2021 Contents of the questionnaire on the ethnopharmacological uses of Catha ...
Timothy Maitho (11997158) +3 more
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CATHA: A Therapist-Led Workflow for Linking Speech, Voice, and Clinical Meaning in Music Therapy
CATHA (Clinical Audio Translation for Therapeutic Attunement) is introduced as a therapist-guided R/Shiny methodology designed to preserve the formal aspects of voiced expression in music therapy, with particular application in oncology and palliative ...
Sllobodan Gjerga
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PLoS Genetics, 2014 The potent vasoconstrictor peptides, endothelin 1 (ET-1) and angiotensin II control adaptation of blood vessels to fluctuations of blood pressure. Previously we have shown that the circulating level of ET-1 is regulated through its proteolytic cleavage ...
Xuefang Pan +9 more
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Mice with Catalytically Inactive Cathepsin A Display Neurobehavioral Alterations
Behavioural Neurology, 2017 The lysosomal carboxypeptidase A, Cathepsin A (CathA), is a serine protease with two distinct functions. CathA protects β-galactosidase and sialidase Neu1 against proteolytic degradation by forming a multienzyme complex and activates sialidase Neu1 ...
O. Y. Calhan, V. Seyrantepe
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SAGE Open Medicine, 2022 Objective: The objective of this study is to determine the effect of Catha edulis leaves on glycosylated haemoglobin and lipid profiles in healthy individuals in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the effect of
Yared Tekle +3 more
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Estimation of Catha edulis (Vahl) Forssk. ex Endl. – antidiabetic drug interactions by using closed-loop Doluisio’s method [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2023 Context: Catha edulis (khat) is a prevalent plant in Yemen and other African regions. In Yemen and other countries, most people chew this plant, which may change the pharmacokinetics of many drugs, such as anti-diabetics (glibenclamide and metformin).
Ahmed M. Al-Ghani +2 more
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Regulating khat - Dilemmas and opportunities for the international drug control system [PDF]
, 2009 Background: The regulation of khat, one of the most recent psychoactive drugs to become a globally traded commodity, remains hotly contested within different producer and consumer countries.
Klein, A. (Axel) +4 more
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Journal of Chemistry, 2020 The khat plant has been culturally used in many parts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula for many years to induce psycho-stimulating effect. Because of the global wide-spreading nature, khat chewing is being considered as a universally growing problem ...
Rashad Alsanosy +8 more
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