Plant Ephedra spp (Ephedraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Ma-Huang

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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 *

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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
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchodilator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Decongestant	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 29th
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypoglycemic	1	Duke, 1992 *