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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Ephedra sinica (Ephedraceae)

Common Names
Ma Huang, Chinese Ephedra
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ISOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Shoot 1840.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-N-METHYLPSEUDOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
(+)-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2 Plant 4100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2 Shoot 1300.0 7300.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Plant 9800.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Rhizome Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Shoot 7300.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Shoot 1100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-NOR-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-NOR-EPHEDRINE 0 Shoot 430.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(N)-METHYL-EPSILON-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant *
1,2,3-TRIMETHYL-5-(2-PROPENYL)-BENZENE 0 Shoot *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Shoot 11.0 *
1-ACETYL-1,3-DIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil 53000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-METHYL-3,4-DIHYDROPYRROLOPYRAZINE 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Acaricide 4 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 2 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Adrenergic 2 (View) Martindale's 29th
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
Allelochemic 4 (View) Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Allelopathic 3 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 12 (View) *
Amphetaminagenic 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Analgesic 7 (View) *
Androgenic? 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 9 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 (View) *
Anhydrotic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th