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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Catha edulis (Celastraceae)

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 *
PROTEIN 0 Leaf 52000.0 -1.59 *
PSI-EPHEDRINE 0 Leaf *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Leaf 0.5 -0.18 *
TANNIN 35 Leaf *
THIAMIN 31 Leaf 0.5 -1.63 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidermatitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 3 *
Antidiarrheic 1 *
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 1 *
Antidyspeptic 1 *
Antidysphagic 1 *
Antieczemic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiemphysemic 1 *
Antiencephalitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 1 *
Antienuretic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiepileptic 2 *
Antifatigue 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antifeedant 1 *