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Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JUN-KHA |
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KAVA (CAVA or AVA) , an intoxicating, but non-alcoholic beverage, produced principally in the islands of the South
young
health
appearance , or is of a greenish hue if made from leaves, is now ready for consumption
taste of the liquid is at first sweet, and then pungent and acrid. The usual dose corresponds to about two mouthfuls of the root. Intoxication (but this apparently only applies to those not inured to the use of the liquor) follows in about twenty minutes. The drunkenness produced by kava is of a melancholy, silent and drowsy character. Excessive drinking is said to lead to skin and other diseases, but per contra many medicinal virtues are ascribed to the preparation. There appears to be little doubt that the active principle in this beverage is a poison of an alkaloidal nature. It seems likely that this substance is not present as such (i.e. as a free alkaloid) in the plant, but that it exists in the form of a glucoside
glucoside
sugar
See Pharm. Journ. 474; iv. 85; ix. 219; vii. 149; Comptes Rendus, 1. 436, 598; lii. 206; Journ. de Pharm. (186o) 20; (1862) 218; Seeman, Flora- Vitiensis, 260; Beachy, Voyage of -the " Blossom," ii. I20. End of Article: KAVA (CAVA or AVA) If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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