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Plant Ephedra spp (Ephedraceae)

Common Names
Ma-Huang
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
1-ALPHA-TERPINEOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Plant 3000.0 15000.0 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Plant not available 11500.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Plant not available 2.0 -1.33 Duke, 1992 *
D-N-METHYL-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
D-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRADINE-A 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRADINE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDRADINE-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EPHEDROXANE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Plant not available 600.0 -0.03 Duke, 1992 *
L-EPHEDRINE 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-N-METHYL-EPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
L-NOREPHEDRINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Plant not available 4780.0 0.22 Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Plant not available 37.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSAN-10-OL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONACOSANE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Plant not available 13300.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
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