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
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigallstone	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antigastritic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigingivitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiglossitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihangover	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihemorrhagic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatotoxic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antihiccup	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihistaminic	3	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihypertensive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).