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Common Names
Brigham Tea; Mormon Tea
How this plant is used
Medicinal
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antisyncopic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitumor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitussive | 1 | Schulz, V, Hansel, R and Tyler, VE. 1998. Rational Phytotherapy - A Physician's Guide to Herbal Medicine. 3rd ed. 1st English Edition. Translated by Terry C. Telger. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg. 306 pp. |
| Antiulcer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bronchodilator | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Bronchorelaxant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 1 | HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 14. |
| Carcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotonic | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Cerebrostimulant | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CNS-Stimulant | 1 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Controlled | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cyclin-B1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |