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The Etruscan Goddess Catha

Etruscan Studies, 2018
Abstract The Etruscan goddess Catha has long been regarded as a solar deity. G. Thulin (1906) was one of the first to characterize Catha as a solar deity based on inscriptions referencing Catha on a mirror from Orbetello and on the Piacenza Liver. Although Thulin’s interpretations of these inscriptions have been challenged, the goddess Catha is
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Catha edulis, a plant that has amphetamine effects

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 1996
The chewing of fresh leaves of the khat bush (Catha edulis) is common in certain countries of East Africa and the Arab peninsula, because this material has a stimulating effect. During the last decade, important progress has been made in understanding the pharmacology of this drug.
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Chemical Pharmacology of Catha Edulis

Journal of Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 1961
Catha edulis, the Arabic khat, the Amharic or Ethiopic tschat, or the English qat, was probably grown and used as a food stimulant in the present area of the Ethiopian highlands around Harar from the earliest times. It grows as a bush or tree, the stem tips and leaves of which are consumed today in certain regions of East Africa, in Aden, and in Yemen.
Gordon A. Alles, M. David Fairchild, Mark Jensen, A. Alles   +3 more
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The toxicity of Catha edulis (khat) in mice

Journal of Substance Abuse, 1991
A large number of people in East Africa and Southern Arabia chew khat leaves because of its pleasurable and stimulating effects. Due to its habit forming property, the khat has been classified as a "Substance of Abuse" by the World Health Organization.
I A, al-Meshal, S, Qureshi, A M, Ageel, M, Tariq   +3 more
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Khat (Catha edulis)—an updated review

Addiction Biology, 2005
AbstractThe habit of chewing fresh leaves and twigs of khat (Catha edulis) for their stimulating amphetamine‐like effects is highly prevalent in East Africa and southwest on the Arabic peninsula. There is an extensive literature on khat providing information about its history, botany, production, geographical distribution, chemistry and pharmacology ...
Nezar N, Al-Hebshi, Nils, Skaug
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Khat(Catha edulis): Is it “coffee” or “cocaine”?

Orvosi Hetilap, 2013
Regular consumption of khat’s (Catha edulis) fresh leaves seriously affects the health, the social and economic life of the subject. Therefore, it is hazardous both to the individual and the community. According to the latest reports consumption of chat may exert some unknown and unreported gastrointestinal and hepatic effects.
Erika Éva, Bálint, György, Falkay, Gábor Sándor, Bálint   +2 more
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Catha edulis

2000
Abstract A Psychobiological reaction (euphoria, paranoia, mania) B Optic neuropathy Catha edulis Forsk. (Celastraceae) is an evergreen tree that grows at high altitudes in southern Africa, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Madagascar. The fresh tender parts are used as a chew (khat) in East Africa, the Arab Peninsula, and else where (11,12 ...
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(-)-N-formylnorephedrine from Catha edulis

Phytochemistry, 1986
Abstract The alkaloidal fraction of Catha edulis yielded upon repeated chromatography (-)- N -formylnorephedrine whose 1 HNMR and 13 CNMR spectra suggested the presence of cisoid (major) and transoid forms (minor). The identity of the isolated compound was established by comparison with the major product obtained by formylating (-)-norephedrine ...
Ibrahim A. Al-Meshal, Mohammad Nasir, Farouk S. El-Feraly   +2 more
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Contributions to the knowledge of catha leaves

1885
by Professor Flückiger and J.
Flückiger, Friedrich August, Gérock, Jules Ernest   +1 more
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