Naturally occurring norephedrine oxazolidine derivatives in khat (Catha edulis)

Planta Medica

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 838-842

  Krizevski, Raz ^a,b   Bar, Einat ^a   Dudai, Nativ ^a   Levy, Asaf ^a   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a   Sitrit, Yaron ^b   Ben Shabat, Shimon ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Celastraceae); GC MS; Khat (Catha edulis; norephedrine; phenyloxazolidine alkaloids; phenylpropylamino alkaloids

Indexed keywords

1 PHENYL 1,2 PROPANEDIONE; 2 HEXENAL; 2,4 DIMETHYL 5 PHENYLOXAZOLIDINE; 4 METHYL 2 (1 PENTENYL) 5 PHENYLOXAZOLIDINE; ACETALDEHYDE; CATHINONE; EPHEDRINE; NOREPHEDRINE; NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE; OXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATHA EDULIS; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERIZATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CATHA; EPHEDRINE; OXAZOLES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

CATHA EDULIS; CELASTRACEAE;

EID: 84861461164     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1298430     Document Type: Article

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