The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root
Author(s): Alice A. Ball
Genre(s): Chemistry
Narrators: J. M. Smallheer
Number of Chapters: 7
Length: 55 hours and 43 minutes
Language: English
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
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The audiobook The Chemical Constituents of the Active Principle of the Ava Root falls under the genres of Chemistry. It is written by Alice A. Ball.