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Khat-drug interactions: A systematic review [PDF]

Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research, 2021
Context: Consumption of khat leaves has been disseminated worldwide with the migration of its users from Arabia and Africa. Despite numerous reports regarding the associations of khat chewing with serious health impacts, a significant number of people ...
Nabil Ahmed Albaser, Abdel-Wahab H. Mohamad, Mohammed Amood AL-Kamarany   +2 more
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Natural Sympathomimetic Drugs: From Pharmacology to Toxicology

Biomolecules, 2022
Sympathomimetic agents are a group of chemical compounds that are able to activate the sympathetic nervous system either directly via adrenergic receptors or indirectly by increasing endogenous catecholamine levels or mimicking their intracellular ...
Vera Marisa Costa, Luciana Grazziotin Rossato Grando, Elisa Milandri, Jessica Nardi, Patrícia Teixeira, Přemysl Mladěnka, Fernando Remião, on behalf of The OEMONOM   +7 more
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The pharmacology and toxicology of the stimulant khat

Saudi Journal for Health Sciences
Khat chewing has a long history in the culture and society of the Horn of Africa and Yemen. Extracts of leaves from khat have similar actions to that of amphetamines and contain the major psychostimulant cathinone, but also the mainly peripherally acting
Hadeel A. Alsufyani
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Author’s Response

Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine, 2021
This letter is a response to Letter to the Editor (Corkery J, Schifano F, Guirguis A. Commentary on: Attafi IM, Albeishy MY, Oraiby ME, Khardali IA, Shaikhain GA, Fageeh MM.
Ibraheem Mohammed Attafi, Mohammed Y. Albeishy, Magbool E. Oraiby, Ibrahim A. Khardali, Ghassan A. Shaikhain, Mohsen M. Fageeh   +5 more
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Toxicological Analysis of Intoxications with Synthetic Cathinones

Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 2021
Abstract Synthetic cathinones (SCs) are currently the second largest and the second most frequently seized group of new psychoactive substances. They are sold as replacements for controlled stimulants such as amphetamine, cocaine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
Ewelina Pieprzyca, Rafał Skowronek, Piotr Czekaj   +2 more
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An ETH‐LAD trip with unfavourable consequences: A case report

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Numerous analogues of the psychedelic and internationally controlled hallucinogen LSD have been described; however, only a limited number have been systematically investigated. This report presents the first case with an analytically confirmed ingestion of ETH‐LAD (6‐ethyl‐6‐nor‐lysergic acid diethylamide), the N‐ethyl derivative of LSD.
Johannes Nadler, Michaela Sommer, Annette Zschiesche, Anne Stürzebecher, Christina Grumann, Volker Auwärter, Maren Hermanns‐Clausen   +6 more
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Cathinone: An alkaloid of Catha edulis (Khat) exacerbated hyperglycemia in diabetes-induced rats

, 2021
Cathinone, the main bioactive alkaloid of Catha edulis (khat), slightly increased the blood sugar levels of healthy animals, while its effect on blood sugar levels of diabetic animals has not yet been reported.
Alshawsh, Mohammed Abdullah, Alsalahi, Abdulsamad, Chik, Zamri, Mohamed, Zahurin, Giribabu, Nelli   +4 more
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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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Childhood Trauma, Cognitive Emotion Regulation and Motivation for Behavior Change Among Clients of Opioid Substitution Treatment With and Without Past Year Synthetic Cathinone Use During Therapy

Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020
BackgroundWith a decrease in heroin’s purity and availability in the European drug market, Hungarian opioid dependent patients started to substitute heroin with novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and especially with synthetic cathinones.GoalThis study ...
Máté Kapitány-Fövény, Máté Kapitány-Fövény, Anna Kiss, Judit Farkas, Kinga Edit Kuczora, Patrícia Pataki, Janka Horváth, Zsolt Demetrovics   +7 more
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Monitoring Injected Drug Use in Greece Through Syringe Residue Analysis: A Multicity Study Within the ESCAPE Network

Drug Testing and Analysis, EarlyView.
A total of 2121 used syringes were analyzed in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Patras between 2022 and 2024. Distinct drug‐use patterns were observed across the three cities. Benzodiazepines, pregabalin, methadone, and fentanyl were increasingly detected in 2024.
Christina Matiaki, Anastasios Trakakis, Athanasios Theocharis, Chara Parpala, Chara Kotsailidou, Alexandros Psarianos, Emmanouil Chatzichristofis, Eleni Zagelidu, Panagiota Roussou, Nikolaos Raikos, Orthodoxia Mastrogianni   +10 more
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