| Five months later, khat ingredients cathine and cathinone were banned in competition by the World Anti-Doping Agency. |
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| The drug is composed of synthetic chemicals related to cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant found naturally in the khat plant. |
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| Mephodrone, also known as 4-methylmethcathinone or 4-methylephedrone, is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. |
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| It was originally marketed as a plant fertiliser and is derived from cathinone, a compound found in a plant called Khat. |
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| It contains a monoamine alkaloid called cathinone, an amphetamine-like stimulant. |
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| The chief active ingredients in khat are cathinone, cathine, and norephedrine. |
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| The main psychoactive alkaloids present at various times in khat leaves are the phenylpropylamines cathinone, cathine and norephedrine. |
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| Cathinone occurs naturally in the khat plant, which grows on the Arabian Peninsula and in East Africa. |
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