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M methysticum
Kava Ka"va, n. [Polynesian.] (Bot.) A species of Macropiper (M. methysticum), the long pepper, from the root of which an intoxicating beverage is made by the Polynesians, by a process of mastication; also, the beverage itself. [Written also kawa, kava, and ava.]

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- Kava or kava kava (Piper methysti****: Latin 'pepper' and Latinized Gr**** 'intoxicating') is a plant in the pepper family, native to the Pacific Islands...
- chemistry and pharmacology of Piper methysti**** and related species". Bulletin on Narcotics (2): 59–74. "Kava (Piper methysti****): Pharmacodynamics/Kinetics"...
- 6-dehydrokavain is one of the six main kavalactones found in the Piper methysti**** (kava) plant. Desmethoxyyangonin is a reversible inhibitor of monoamine...
- Hawaii, her master's thesis, titled "The Chemical Constituents of Piper methysti****; or The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root"...
- with the tradition of kava drinking prepared from the related Piper methysti****. It was also diffused into East Africa via the Austronesian settlement...
- many kavalactones structurally related to the compounds in kava (Piper methysti****) and may[clarification needed] help prevent high glucose induced cell...
- "High dose of commercial products of kava (Piper methysti****) markedly enhanced hepatic cytochrome P450 1A1 mRNA expression with liver enlargement in rats"...
- Ecuador: Colección Tierra Incógnita. Rätsch 2005, p. 1656. Duke, "Piper methysti**** (Piperaceae)". Duke, "Catha edulis (Celastraceae)". "Compound Summary:...
- ka lauoho (head lice). ʻIliahialoʻe shavings mixed with ʻawa (Piper methysti****), nioi (Eugenia reinwardtiana), ʻahakea (Bobea spp.), and kauila (Alphitonia...
- widely known as pan in India. Conversely, another Piper species, kava (P. methysti****), is used for its depressant and euphoriant effects. In the Pacific region...