Experiment 1048423
Worktypes
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Catha edulis (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | ELMI,AS:. (1983). KHAT AND BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS IN MAN.. 8(3) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | FIFTEEN MALE SUBJECTS WERE USED IN THE STUDY. THEY WERE ALL STUDENTS RANGING IN AGE FROM 20 TO 25 YEARS. THEY WERE CASUAL USERS OF KHAT,IN GOOD HEALTH,NON-OBESE AND CONSUMING A NORMAL DIET. EACH SUBJECT WAS USED TWICE(ONCE AS A CONTROL),THE TWO TESTS BEING DONE A WEEK APART. KHAT WAS ADMINISTERED ORALLY AND IN THE FORM OF A WATER EXTRACT. THE FRESH LEAVES AND TENDER TWIGS OF THE PLANT WERE FINELY GROUND AND ADDED WITH WATER. THE MIXTURE WAS WARMED AND THEN FILTERED. EACH SUBJECT WAS GIVEN THE EXTRACT OF 150 GM.THIS DOSE PRODUCED STRONG KHAT EFFECTS IN ALL SUBJECTS. |
| Dose amount | 150.0 ML |
| Number | 2 |
| Qualitative result | INACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Per unit | PERSON |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | H2O EXT |
| Gender | MALE |