Essential oil contents and chemical varieties in Kenya
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1981Author
Mwangi, J.W
Guantai, A.N
Muriuki, G
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The distribution of cathinone and d-norpseudoephedrine in Catha edit/is plants from 2 different geographical localities has been investigated. There was no difference in the chemical constituents of Catha material from 2 locali-ties. D-norpseudoephedrine was present in all parts of the plant examined except the root but cathinone was only detected in the young shoots and bran-chlets. It is concluded that the psychostinaulant effect following chewing of young Catha shoots is due to both cathinone and d-norpseudoephedrine with the cathinone being more important since it is 7-10 times more potent than d-norpseudoephedrine.
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E.Afric. Agr. For J. 46, 89 1981Collections
- Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) [10377]