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Plant 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
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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antipellagric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiPMS 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiproliferant 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipsoriac 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic 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.
Antiretinotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiReye's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th