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

Common Names

Khat

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	1610.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	not available	16000.0	-1.81	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	not available	18.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	2900.0	-1.06	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATECHINS	1	Leaf	not available	140000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CATHIDINE	0	Leaf	not available	3200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATHINE	10	Leaf	not available	2700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CATHININE	3	Leaf	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DULCITOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRINE	49	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	not available	500000.0	1.24	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	not available	27000.0	-1.66	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Leaf	not available	185.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
L-CATHINONE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANNITOL	18	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRICITRIN	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Leaf	not available	148.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
NOR-PSI-EPHEDRINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mydriatic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Myocardiotonic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Myorelaxant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Nephrotoxic	1	Martindale's 29th
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotoxic	1	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Paramecicide	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Pesticide	6	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Respirastimulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Sedative	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).