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

Common Names

Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra

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
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYLBENZENE	0	Shoot	not available	22.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,3,5,6-TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
2,3-DIHYDRO-2-METHYLBENZOFURAN	0	Shoot	not available	31.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYLPHENOL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-HYDROXY-5-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE	0	Shoot	not available	11.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PROPAN-1-OL	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3,7,11-TRIMETHYL-2,6,10-DODECATRIEN-1-OL	0	Shoot	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
3-METHOXYHERBACETIN	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
4-ISOPROPYL-ACETOPHENONE	0	Shoot	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-1-(1-PROPENYL)-BENZENE	0	Shoot	not available	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETIC-ACID	16	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETONE	3	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Plant	8000.0	33000.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ALPHA-4-TRIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-3-ENE-1-METHANOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	350000.0	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Shoot	not available	28.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Shoot	not available	21.0	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Shoot	not available	130.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Plant	13.0	63.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiosteosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	18	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipeptic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic	2	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Antiperoxidant	3	Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.