Essential oil contents and chemical varieties in Kenya

dc.contributor.author	Mwangi, J.W
dc.contributor.author	Guantai, A.N
dc.contributor.author	Muriuki, G
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-29T12:39:38Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-29T12:39:38Z
dc.date.issued	1981
dc.identifier.citation	E.Afric. Agr. For J. 46, 89 1981	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/17759
dc.description.abstract	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.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Essential oil contents and chemical varieties in Kenya	en
dc.type	Article	en