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

 Ephedra spp (Ephedraceae)

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Common name(s)
Ma-Huang
How used
Medicinal

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 1-ALPHA-TERPINEOL Plant -- -- -- *
0 ALKALOIDS Plant 3000.0 15000.0 -0.02 *
28 CALCIUM Plant -- 11500.0 -0.22 *
12 COPPER Plant -- 2.0 -1.33 *
0 D-N-METHYL-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant -- -- -- *
5 D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 D-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 EPHEDRADINE-A Plant -- -- -- *
0 EPHEDRADINE-B Plant -- -- -- *
0 EPHEDRADINE-C Plant -- -- -- *
3 EPHEDROXANE Plant -- -- -- *
6 IRON Plant -- 600.0 -0.03 *
13 L-EPHEDRINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 L-N-METHYL-EPHEDRINE Plant -- -- -- *
0 L-NOREPHEDRINE Plant -- -- -- *
65 MAGNESIUM Plant -- 4780.0 0.22 *
14 MANGANESE Plant -- 37.0 -0.43 *
0 NONACOSAN-10-OL Plant -- -- -- *
2 NONACOSANE Plant -- -- -- *
14 POTASSIUM Plant -- 13300.0 -0.59 *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.