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Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root

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Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root

Alice A. Ball

The Chemical Constituents of Piper Methysticum or The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of The Ava Root is the text of a Master’s Degree thesis presented in June 1915 by Alice A. Ball. Ms. Ball was the first woman and African American to receive a Master’s Degree from the University of Hawaii. Her thesis includes some history of the use of the ava (kava) root in the South Pacific islands along with the isolation and analysis of the extracts of the kava root and some preliminary observations of its effects when administered to animals. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

Year of Publication: 1915Genres: Chemistry
Running Time: 55 hours 43 minutes undefined second(7 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: J. M. Smallheer
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The Nights
Historical
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8:12
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Method of Extraction, Method of Separantion of the Resins, Various Metallic Saltes of the Resinous Acids, & The Total Resins
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7:58
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The Barium Acid
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8:36
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Oxidation Products of the Barium Acids
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10:02
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The Iron Acids & Oxidation of the Iron Acids and the Free Acids
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7:21
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Alcohol Radicals & Methysticin and Methysticinic Acid
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5:41
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Physiological Action & Conclusion
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7:58

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