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
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	6	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	1	Planta Medica, 57: A43, 1991.
Carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrostimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.