Then we decided to reduce cathinone to cathine and norephedrine using sodium borohydride. |
The main psychostimulant constituents of khat are the phenylpropylamino alkaloids: cathinone, cathine and norephedrine. |
Looking at the chromatogram, the concentration of norephedrine was small compared to the other two. |
As a result significant amount of norephedrine and cathine were isolated from a single injection. |
They found that cathine and norephedrine significantly stimulated capacitation in mouse sperm, while preventing the acrosome reaction. |
Thus treating the crude oxalate salt by NaBH4 converts cathinone to cathine and norephedrine. |