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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METHYLBENZYLAMINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHYLEPHEDRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | 700.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| METHYLEPHEDRINE | 0 | Shoot | 310.0 | 1340.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| MYRISTICIN | 31 | Shoot | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-METHYL-EPHEDRINE | 1 | 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. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 19.0 | 90.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONACOSAN-10-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| NONACOSANE | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| NONADECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANAL | 0 | Shoot | not available | 2.0 | -0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NONANOIC-ACID | 2 | Shoot | not available | 3.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-EPHEDRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NOR-EPHEDRINE | 0 | Shoot | 180.0 | 1420.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NOR-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| NOR-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE | 0 | Shoot | 1100.0 | 1420.0 | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| OCTADECANE | 0 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTANOIC-ACID | 5 | Shoot | not available | 6.0 | 1.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Shoot | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigingivitic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihangover | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 9 | Ortiz De Urbina, A.V., Martin, M.L., Montero, M.J., Carron, R., Sevilla, M.A., San Roman, L. 1989. Antihistaminic activity of pulegone on the guinea-pig ileum. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 295-296, 1990. |
| AntiHIV | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |