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

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Common Names

Ma-Huang

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
SODIUM	1	Plant	not available	96.0	-0.30	Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSAN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	not available	8.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Tachycardic	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Vasoconstrictor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	1	Martindale's 28th