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Methysticin

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Me`thys´ti`cin
n.1.(Chem.) A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South Sea Islands; - called also kanakin.
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Kavalactone and pipermethystine content of the three kava extracts Methanolic Acetonic Methanolic Component root root leaves Methysticin 16.
Hepatocellular toxicity of kava leaf and root extracts by Lude, Saskia; Torok, Michael; Dieterle, Sandy; Jaggi, Rene; Buter, Karin Berger; Krahenbuhl, Stephan / Phytomedicine: International Journal of Phytotherapy & Phytopharmacology
0mg/ml/kg), Piper methysticum extract (containing 30% kavalactones), kavain, dihydrokavain, methysticin, dihydromethysticin, yangonin, or desmethoxyyangonin, (30mg/ml/kg for kava compounds) 30 minutes prior to being tested in the presence of two conspecifics or in isolation for a three minute observation period.
PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
There are six major kavalactones in kava: yangonin, methysticin, kavain, dihydromethysticin (DHM), dihydrokavain and demethoxy-yangonin.
Pacific cocktail by Fackelmann, Kathy A. / Science News
 
 
 
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