Experiment 47761
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Catha edulis (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | TRELLU,M:. (1959). THE PHARMACODYNAMICS OF KHAT.. 11(2) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | A EUPHORIA-PRODUCING INTOXICANT THAT FACILITATES METABOLISM WITHOUT INCREASING DIURESIS. KHAT ACTS THROUGH THE OXIDATION OF FATTY SUBSTANCES AND TISSUES AND MOMENTARILY ACCELERATES THE BLOOD CIRCULATION. IT THUS STIMULATES MAN TO WORK,SUPPRESSES THE DESIRE FOR SLEEP AND THE SENSATION OF FATIGUE IN WORKERS. IN THE FIRST STAGE,IDEAS ARE CLEAR AND THE BRAIN WORKS FAST-THE INDIVIDUAL FINDS IT EASY TO CARRY OUT HIS PLANS,IS FRESH,WILLING AND HARD WORKING.ABUSE OF KHAT CAUSES INTOXICATION,A DAZED CONDITION AND CARDIAC DISORDERS. INTELLECTUAL FACILITIES OF ABUSERS ARE SERIOUSLY IMPAIRED. |
| Dose amount | FS |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | CONC USED |
| Extract | LEAVES |