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Khat is a plant contains a cathinone - stimulating psychoactive substance. Khat leaves can be chewed to obtain the psychoactive effects of the plant. Cathinone as a pure substance can be separated from the leaves of the plant.
Pharmacology
Cathinone is unstable and broken dowm to pyrazine with basic conditions[1][2]
Toxicity and harm potential
Table from the 2010 ISCD study ranking various drugs (legal and illegal) based on statements by drug-harm experts. Khat was found to be the 17th overall most dangerous drug.[3]
Entheogen
For centuries, religious leaders have consumed the leaves to stay awake during long nights of prayer.[4]
External links
- ↑ Phenethylamine - Von der Struktur zur Funktion. Chapter 3.5
- ↑ S. Gabriel Ber. Dtsch. Chem. Ges. 1908, 41, 1127
- ↑ Nutt DJ, King LA, Phillips LD (November 2010). "Drug harms in the UK: a multicriteria decision analysis". Lancet. 376 (9752): 1558–1565. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.690.1283
. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)61462-6. PMID 21036393. Unknown parameter |s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ http://www.ogina.org/issue5/issue5_culture_of_khat_ezekiel.html