Plant Ephedra nevadensis (Ephedraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Brigham Tea; Mormon Tea

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-NEOPSEUDOEPHEDRINE?	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALCIUM	28	Plant	4500.0	58100.0	4.76	Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRINE	49	Branches	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPHEDRINE	49	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRINE	49	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
EPHEDRINE	49	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
LUCENIN-2	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
PHOSPHORUS	4	Plant	not available	5000.0	0.68	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
PROTEIN	0	Plant	not available	50000.0	-1.01	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
RESIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN-2	12	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic	1	Martindale's 29th
Allergenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Anesthetic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiallergic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianaphylactic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiappetant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarachidonate	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic	1	Duke, 1992 *