PSB 3444 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Cathinone, Khat, Oral Mucosa
22 Jul 2018
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Stimulants: any drugs that stimulants the transmission at ananorgin,norananorgic, dopaminergic, and serotonergic receptors. Sympatho magnetic: stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. Used in traditional chinese medicine for more than 5,000 years. Dilates respiratory airways and makes breathing easier. Less costly and more easily manufactures substitute for ephedrine. Because amphetamines are weak bases they tend to be ionized in the digestive system, which slows their rate of absorption. Within the amphetamine family, methamphetamine has the greatest abuse potential. Cathinone is usually taken orally by chewing fresh young leaves and shoots of the khat shrub. Absorption occurs through buccal membrane but also through the. Affected by food and physical activity when administered orally. Easily past blood brain and placental area. Widely and rapidly distributed throughout the tissues and organs of the body. Highest concentration of methamphetamine occur in kidneys and lungs followed by the stomach, pancreas, spleen, and liver, and lower concentrations in the heart and brain.
