Abstract:
:Khat (Catha edulis Forsk.) is a perennial shrub whose young leaves are chewed for their psychostimulating and anorectic properties. The main active principles of khat are believed to be the phenylpropylamino alkaloids, primarily (-)-cathinone [(S)-α-aminopropiophenone], (+)-cathine [(1S)(2S)-norpseudoephedrine], and (-)-norephedrine [(1R)(2S)-norephedrine]. GC-MS analyses of young leaf extracts indicated the presence of two oxazolidine derivatives, 2,4-dimethyl-5-phenyloxazolidine and 4-methyl-2-(trans-1-pentenyl)-5-phenyloxazolidine. To ascertain the chemical identity of these compounds, we synthesized the putative compounds by condensation of norephedrine and acetaldehyde or trans-2-hexenal, respectively. Spectroscopic analyses (GC-MS, NMR) of the structures of these synthetic compounds showed them to have identical retention indexes and mass spectra characteristic to 2,4-dimethyl-5-phenyloxazolidine and 4-methyl-2-(trans-1-pentenyl)-5-phenyloxazolidine. Marked differences in the ratios between each of these two norephedrine oxazolidine derivatives and total phenylpropylamino alkaloids were found among thirteen different khat accessions further indicating polymorphism in alkaloid ratios and content in C. edulis.
journal_name
Planta Medjournal_title
Planta medicaauthors
Krizevski R,Bar E,Dudai N,Levy A,Lewinsohn E,Sitrit Y,Ben-Shabat Sdoi
10.1055/s-0031-1298430subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-05-01 00:00:00pages
838-42issue
8eissn
0032-0943issn
1439-0221journal_volume
78pub_type
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