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Plant Ephedra sinica (Ephedraceae)

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

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Chemical Name Sort descending Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ISOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Shoot not available 1840.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-N-METHYLPSEUDOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
(+)-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2 Plant not available 4100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2 Shoot 1300.0 7300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Plant not available 9800.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Shoot not available 7300.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Stem not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Shoot not available 1100.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-NOR-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-NOR-EPHEDRINE 0 Shoot not available 430.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
(N)-METHYL-EPSILON-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,2,3-TRIMETHYL-5-(2-PROPENYL)-BENZENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Shoot not available 11.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-ACETYL-1,3-DIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil not available 53000.0 not available Jim Duke's personal files.
1-METHYL-3,4-DIHYDROPYRROLOPYRAZINE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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