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Record 1 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

The buds or fresh leaves of Catha edulis, which are chewed or drunk as tea in East Africa and the Arabian peninsula (Yemen). It is a central nervous system stimulant very similar in chemical structure and effects to amphetamines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Substance hallucinogène appartenant au groupe des phényléthylamines extraite des feuilles d'une célastracée (Catha edulis), arbuste d'Abyssinie et du Yémen.

OBS

[...] on mâche longuement les feuilles de cet arbuste pour s'enivrer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
OBS

Estimulante vegetal que se masca, parecido al tabaco, usado tradicionalmente en Yemen y otros países árabes vecinos. [...] sus principios activos son los alcaloides psicotrópicos catina y catinona. Ambas son moléculas psicoestimulantes, derivadas de la fenetilamina, y emparentadas químicas y funcionalmente con las anfetaminas.

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