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
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
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisinusitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antispasmodic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyncopic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antisyndrome-X	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor	4	Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	2	Yasukawa, K., Takido, M., Takeuchi, M., Sato, Y., Nitta, K., and Nakagawa, S. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Flavonol Glycosides on 12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-Induced Tumor Promotion. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(3): 774-776, 1990.
Antitussive	1	Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp.
Antiulcer	4	Duke, 1992 *