Plant Catha edulis (Celastraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Khat

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
NORISOEPHEDRINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Leaf	not available	52000.0	-1.59	Duke, 1992 *
PSI-EPHEDRINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Leaf	not available	0.5	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Leaf	not available	0.5	-1.63	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	4	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Grainge, M. and Ahmed, S., Handbook of Plants with Pest-Control Properties, John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 1988, 470.
Insectifuge	1	Martindale's 28th
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Laxative	3	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *