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Land Use Diversification to Enhance Livelihood Resilience in the Face of Climate Change in Ethiopia

The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This study examines how different land use systems are associated with resilience to drought‐induced food insecurity in Ethiopia using a comparative case study of three districts representing monocropping (Bale), agroforestry (Sidama), and woodlot‐based systems (Awi).
Shibire Bekele Eshetu, Meselu Tegenie Mellaku, Haftom Hagos, Katharina Löhr, Negasi Solomon, Stefan Sieber, Terefe Hanchiso Sodango   +6 more
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Kaurene as the major constituent of the essential oils of the narcotic plant, Khat (Catha edulis Forsk)

, 2019
Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) is a narcotic plant which contains significant amounts of amphetamines, like alkaloids. Herein, analysis of the essential oil composition showed that Khat has useful volatile chemicals in addition to its alkaloids.
Sedigheh Esmaeilzadeh Bahabadi (3915023), Morteza Gholami (4849012)   +1 more
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Khat (Catha edulis): academic, health and psychosocial efects on “mature” students [PDF]

, 2010
The leaves of the plant khat (Catha edulis) are commonly chewed in certain countries of East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Chewing of khat leaves has a deep-rooted religious and sociocultural tradition and has a peculiarity of certain influences on ...
Babu, SM, Sikiru, L
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Khat consumption as a modifiable risk factor for chewing dystonia

Annals of Movement Disorders
Chewing dystonia, a variant of focal task-specific dystonia, is a rarely reported condition that causes remarkable decrement in quality-of-life, social embarrassment, and associated mental stress.
Anish Mehta, Pooja Dugani, Pradeep Rangaiah, Mahendra Javali, Purshottam Acharya, Rangasetty Srinivasa   +5 more
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Khat (Catha edulis): „kávé” vagy „kokain”? | Khat (Catha edulis): Is it “coffee” or “cocaine”?

A khat, a Catha edulis növény friss, zsenge leveleinek fogyasztása (rágcsálása) veszélyes az egyén egészségére, valamint társadalmi és gazdasági helyzetére, így az egész társadalomra nézve is.
Bálint, Erika Éva, Falkay, György, Bálint, Gábor Sándor   +2 more
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Overview of literature and information on "khat-related" mortality: a call for recognition of the issue and further research

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità
During the past 20 years or so, more has become known about the properties of khat, its pharmacology, physiological and psychological effects on humans.
John M. Corkery, Fabrizio Schifano, Adenekan Oyefeso, A. Hamid Ghodse, Thomy Tonia, Vinesha Naidoo, Jennifer Button   +6 more
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A narrative review of preclinical evidence on the effects of Catha edulis on spatial cognition and memory in rodents

Discover Toxicology
Background Catha edulis (khat) is a stimulant plant endemic to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, widely consumed for its psychostimulant effects, which are primarily attributed to cathinone and cathine.
Khalid Bekri, Alfoalem Araba Abiye
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Catha edulis chewing effects on treatment of paranoid schizophrenic patients

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2015
Mohamed-I Kotb El-Sayed, Hatem-K Amin Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Ain Helwan, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt Background: The current study’s aim is to evaluate the possible interaction ...
Kotb El-Sayed MI, Amin HK
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Catha Edulis Active Principle, Cathinone, Suppresses Motor Coordination, Accelerates Anxiety and Alters the Levels of Dopamine and its Metabolites in the Limbic Areas of Male Swiss Albino Mice

Acta Pharmaceutica, 2018
Cathinone, the active principle of khat (Catha edulis), stimulates, excites and produces euphoric feelings in khat users. Locomotor and rearing activities, either individual or in groups, of male Swiss albino mice were decreased significantly compared to
Safhi Mohammed M., Alam Mohammad Firoz, Khuwaja Gulrana, Hussain Sohail, Siddiqui Mohammed Hakeem, Islam Farah, Khardali Ibrahim, Al-Sanosi Rashad Mohammed, Alhazmi Hassan A., Khan Andleeb, Islam Fakhrul   +10 more
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Avaliação de progênie de Euterpe edulis na Epagri Itajaí [PDF]

, 2011
TCC (graduação em Agronomia) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Agrárias, 2011Este trabalho apresenta o resultado de atividades realizadas como faz parte do Estágio de Conclusão de Curso de Agronomia da Universidade Federal de ...
Salles, André Makowiecky
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