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Ephedra Ephedraceae

Ephedra is a genus of 40-50 species widespread in Old World and New World desert areas. Preparations of many different species have been used in folk remedies for a very long time. The physiological effects of these preparations are very likely [Pg.180]

Ephedra alkaloids. Alkaloids from the shrubby joint fir [Ephedra, Ephedraceae) occurring in warm-temperate regions of the earth. The main alkaloid is ephedrine. Many of the constituents of Ephedra (Ma-Huang drug in Chinese traditional medicine) are hypotensive. [Pg.209]

Ephedrine (l/ -25-2-methylamino-l-phenylpropan-l-ol) is an adrenergic amine present in many kinds of pharmaceutical preparations, obtained by synthesis or from natural sources. Belonging to the genus Ephedra (Ephedraceae), the Chinese species Ephedra sinica and Ephedra equisetina, also known as ma huang, and the Indian and Pakistani species E. gerardiana, E. intermedia, and E. major are the... [Pg.1218]

Huang J, Gianassi DE, Price RA (2005) Phylogenetic relationships in Ephedra (Ephedraceae) inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Mol Phylogenet Evol 35 48—59... [Pg.1234]

Caveney S, Charlet DA, Freitag H, Maier-Stolte M, Strarratt AN (2001) New observations of the secondary chemistry of world Ephedra (Ephedraceae). Am J Bot 88 1199-1208... [Pg.1234]

Chaetomium globosum Ames (Ascomycete) is a fungal endophyte found in the stem tissue of the Mormon tea plant Ephedra fasiculata A. Ephedraceae). Previous studies on soil-derived C. globosum strains have yielded potential anticancer agents such as chetomin, (indole-3-yl-[ 13])... [Pg.480]

Phenylalanine-derived Ephedraceae Ephedra intermedia Ephedrine... [Pg.40]

Rhamnoside-8-glucoside Ephedra aphylla aerial parts Ephedraceae 302... [Pg.766]

Catha edulis (khat), Maytenus krukovii (Celastraceae), Ephedra spp. (Ephedraceae) [leaf] khat (qat) - Arabian, Yemeni E. African stimulatory tea beverage or masticatory... [Pg.187]

Ephedra consists of a mixture of different members of the Ephedraceae family E. sinica, E. equisetina, and E. ger-ardiand). Its actions are due to the presence of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine. [Pg.1221]

Ephedrue herbu consists of the dried aerial parts of xerophytic Ephedra species belonging to the family Ephedraceae. The plant is a shrub, 0.5-1 m high with scale-like leaves that clasp the stem. [Pg.122]

Ephedrans A.B.C.D Ephedra distachya Linn/ Ephedraceae Aerial parts Ephedran A exhibited hypoglycemic effect in alloxan diabetic mice and all these glycans showed significant hypoglycemic effect in normal mice [84],... [Pg.470]

Ephedra sinica STAFF Ephedra sbennungiana FANG E. dislachya L. or other species Gnoiaceae (Ephedraceae)... [Pg.12]

Various reports on the antihypertensive activity of lignans were published before 1997 [14], ( )-Pinoresinol diglucoside from Eucommia ulmoides (Eucommiaceae), pinoresinol monoglucoside from Forsythia spp., sesamin from sesame oil, neojusticin B from Justicia procumbens, ephedradine B (a hybrid neolignan-alkaloid) from Ephedra spp.(Ephedraceae), danshensuan B from Salvia miltiorrhiza (Labiatae) and magnolol from different sources were all reported to be hypotensives in different animal models. [Pg.235]

Ephedra sinica Stapf Ephedraceae Immunosuppressive activities [154]... [Pg.143]

Ephedra sinica belongs to the Ephedraceae family, which comprises around 45 species. These perennial plants with a strong pine-llke smell and an astringent taste grow as large bushes up to over 1 metre high. [Pg.566]

The crude drug Mao is prepared from the aboveground parts of Ephedra species (Ephedraceae). Mao is used for the manufacture of ephedrine hydrochloride, and is also used to prepare the Kampo medicine Sho-seiryu-to, etc. [Pg.123]

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