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Common Names
Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPHEDRINE | 49 | Shoot | 1700.0 | 22700.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPHEDROXANE | 3 | Plant | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EPHEDROXANE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 10.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| EPSILON-EPHEDRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHANOL | 24 | Shoot | not available | 2.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ETHYL-ACETATE | 6 | Shoot | not available | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EUGENOL | 76 | Shoot | not available | 4.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Plant | 3990.0 | 19000.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FERULOYLHISTAMINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| FIBER | 15 | Plant | not available | 98000.0 | -0.92 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| FIBER(CRUDE) | 0 | Plant | not available | 98000.0 | -0.11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER(DIETARY) | 0 | Plant | not available | 319000.0 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLUORIDE | 3 | Shoot | not available | 3.5 | -1.00 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Shoot | not available | 1.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALLIC-ACID | 62 | 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. |
| HENEICOSANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEPTANOIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | 3.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HERBACETIN | 1 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| HEXANAL | 5 | Shoot | not available | 4.0 | 1.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYSUCCINIC-ACID | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| 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. |