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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ephedra sinica (Ephedraceae)

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

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ISOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Shoot 1840.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-N-METHYLPSEUDOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
(+)-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2 Plant 4100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(+)-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 2 Shoot 1300.0 7300.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Essential Oil Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Plant 9800.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Rhizome Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPHEDRINE 1 Shoot 7300.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPICATECHIN 38 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-EPIGALLOCATECHIN 21 Stem Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-METHYLEPHEDRINE 0 Shoot 1100.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-NOR-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant Jim Duke's personal files.
(-)-NOR-EPHEDRINE 0 Shoot 430.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
(N)-METHYL-EPSILON-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant *
1,2,3-TRIMETHYL-5-(2-PROPENYL)-BENZENE 0 Shoot *
1,4-CINEOLE 0 Shoot 11.0 *
1-ACETYL-1,3-DIMETHYLCYCLOHEX-3-ENE 0 Essential Oil 53000.0 Jim Duke's personal files.
1-METHYL-3,4-DIHYDROPYRROLOPYRAZINE 0 Shoot *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 5 Hatano, T., Yasuhara, T., Yoshihara, R., Agata, I., Noro, T., and Okuda, T. 1989. Effects of Interaction of Tannins with Co-existing Substances.VII. Inhibitory Effects of Tannins Related Polyphenols on Xanthine Oxidase. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(5): 1224-1229