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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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 1610.0 -0.29 *
ASH 0 Leaf 16000.0 -1.81 *
ASPARAGIC-ACID 0 Plant *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Leaf 18.0 -1.06 *
CALCIUM 28 Leaf 2900.0 -1.06 *
CAOUTCHOUC 0 Plant *
CATECHINS 1 Leaf 140000.0 -1.00 *
CATHIDINE 0 Leaf 3200.0 *
CATHINE 10 Leaf 2700.0 *
CATHININE 3 Leaf 1500.0 *
DULCITOL 2 Plant *
EPHEDRINE 49 Leaf *
FAT 0 Seed 500000.0 1.24 *
FIBER 15 Leaf 27000.0 -1.66 *
IRON 6 Leaf 185.0 -0.45 *
L-CATHINONE 0 Leaf *
MANNITOL 18 Plant *
MYRICITRIN 13 Plant *
NIACIN 39 Leaf 148.0 0.61 *
NOR-PSI-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiscotomic 1 (View) *
Antiseptic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antishingles 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisinusitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antispasmodic 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistress 3 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisyncopic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antisyndrome-X 1 (View) 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 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor 4 (View) Simon, P.W. Carrots and Other Horticultural Crops as a Source of Provitamin A Carotenes. HortScience, 25(12): 1495, 1990.
Antitumor (Breast) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Colon) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Gastric) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Lung) 2 (View) *
Antitumor (Prostate) 1 (View) *
Antitumor (Stomach) 1 (View) *
Antitumor-Promoter 2 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *