Ephedra pachyclada

Lee CH, Lee HS (2009) Growth inhibiting activity of quinaldic acid isolated from Ephedra pachyclada against intestinal bacteri. J Korean Soc Appl Biol Chem 52 331-335... 

Ephedra pachyclada ssp. sinaica (Riedl.) H. Preitag M. Marie-Stolte (Ephedraceae) (stems) (143) Ginkgo biloba L. (Ginkgoaceae) (144) Nicotiana tabacum L. 

Owing to the disturbed state of China in recent years, supplies of Ephedra from that quarter have diminished and for some time were replaced by a drug of Spanish origin and later, as Spain also became involved in civil war, by supplies from India, where attentidn has been given to the five indigenous species E. intermedia Schrenk and Mayer, E. gerardiana Wall, E. nebrodensis Tineo, E. pachyclada Boiss. and E. foliata Boiss., of which the first three are of commercial importance. ... 

Various compounds isolated from other ephedra species include cyclopropyl-a-amino acids (E. altissima and E. foeminea) 6-methoxykynurenic acid ( . pachyclada) lariciresinol, isolariciresinol, 9-acetoxylari-ciresinol, and (- -)-9-acetoxyisolariciresinol (E. viridis)P... 

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