The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root

Alice A. Ball (1892 - 1916)

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

Genre(s): Chemistry

Language: English

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Play 01 Historical J. M. Smallheer
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Play 02 Method of Extraction, Method of Separantion of the Resins, Various Metallic Saltes of the Resinous Acids, & The Total Resins J. M. Smallheer
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Play 03 The Barium Acid J. M. Smallheer
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Play 04 Oxidation Products of the Barium Acids J. M. Smallheer
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Play 05 The Iron Acids & Oxidation of the Iron Acids and the Free Acids J. M. Smallheer
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Play 06 Alcohol Radicals & Methysticin and Methysticinic Acid J. M. Smallheer
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Play 07 Physiological Action & Conclusion J. M. Smallheer
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