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.
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
Antimyasthenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antimyocarditic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinarcoleptic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antinephritic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiobesity	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.