Khat contains a stimulant called cathinone. It breaks down into cathine and norephedrine, compounds which are similar to amphetamines and adrenalin. When Lynn Fraser’s team at King’s College ...

The plant (Catha edulis) contains two alkaloids, cathinone and cathine, which act as stimulants. Users simply chew the green khat leaves, keeping a ball of partially chewed leaves against the ...

Cathinone is not very stable and is broken down into cathine (pseudonorephedrine) and norephedrine; all belong to a group of chemicals called phenylpropanolamines (PPAs), which are structurally ...

The stimulant, cathinone, is not very stable and breaks down to produce cathine and norephedrine. These belong to a group of chemicals called PPAs, which are similar to amphetamines and adrenaline.

Cathine a chemical found in a herb called Khat has been linked to an increase in suicide among people who use it. Khat is an African shrub whose leaves remain potent only for a few days after ...

The stimulant, which typically contains both cathine and cathinone, is derived from an evergreen shrub that has been used for centuries in the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa, according to the U ...

PSK has pledged to go to court if the proposed law sails through. Kenya is signatory to the 1971 UN Control of Narcotics and Psychotropic, which it pledged to abide by in 2000.