The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root
Alice A. Ball
Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer





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 (0 hr 55 min)
Kapitel
Historical | 8:12 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
Method of Extraction, Method of Separantion of the Resins, Various Metallic Sal… | 7:58 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
The Barium Acid | 8:36 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
Oxidation Products of the Barium Acids | 10:02 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
The Iron Acids & Oxidation of the Iron Acids and the Free Acids | 7:21 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
Alcohol Radicals & Methysticin and Methysticinic Acid | 5:41 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |
Physiological Action & Conclusion | 7:58 | Gelesen von J. M. Smallheer |