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Evaluate the antioxidants and oxidative stress markers in the blood of chronical khat consumers

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It concludes the presence of oxidative stress (free radicals) as a result of khat chewing which reflected the high amount of pesticides used for khat tree.

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the first paper evaluates in details the antioxidants and oxidative stress parameters in blood of people chew khat daily

Dr. Khalid Mohammed Naji
Sana'a University

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This page is a summary of: Effect of Daily Chewing Soft Buds and Leaves of Catha edulis (Khat) on the Antioxidant Defense System and Oxidative Stress Markers in Blood, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s13369-014-1492-x.
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