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Plant Ephedra spp (Ephedraceae)

Common Names
Ma-Huang
How this plant is used
Medicinal
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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-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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Adrenergic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Analgesic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiacne 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 3 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.