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Ephedra major
The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 9 constituent measurements for Ephedra major. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.
Accepted name in source: Ephedra major Host.
Regulatory presence
No Health Canada licensed natural health product in the snapshot names this species as a medicinal ingredient under this exact binomial. Absence here means absence from this one register under this one name, not absence from trade, and not a safety verdict.
What the records describe
Constituents measured
- Ephedrine3
- Tannic acid2
- Alpha-thujone1
- Benzaldehyde1
- Eugenol1
- Pseudoephedrine1
Plant parts
- Aerial part of plants5
- Stem4
- stalk4
Preparations
- Solvent extraction6
- Essential oil3
Recorded constituents
What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.
| Substance | Plant part | Preparation | Concentration | Analytical method | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ephedrine | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | 16.3 Milligram/gram | Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests) | Resolve DOI |
| Ephedrine | Stem / stalk | Solvent extraction | ≥ 1.35 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Ephedrine | Stem / stalk | Solvent extraction | ≤ 2.13 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Pseudoephedrine | Aerial part of plants | Solvent extraction | 14.3 Milligram/gram | Traditional analytical techniques (wet chemical tests) | Resolve DOI |
| Tannic acid | Stem / stalk | Solvent extraction | ≥ 9.06 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Tannic acid | Stem / stalk | Solvent extraction | ≤ 25.79 Milligram/gram | High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)/Liquid Chromatography (LC) | Resolve DOI |
| Alpha-thujone | Aerial part of plants | Essential oil | 1.1 Percent | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
| Benzaldehyde | Aerial part of plants | Essential oil | 3 Percent | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
| Eugenol | Aerial part of plants | Essential oil | 4.3 Percent | GC-MS | No resolvable identifier |
Cited sources
The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.
- Ibragic, Saida., Sofic, Emin. Chemical composition of various Ephedra species.. Mediciniskih znanosti = Association of Basic Medical Sciences, 2015, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 21-7. DOI
- Kobaisy, M., Tellez, MR., Khan, IA., Schaneberg, BT. Essential oil composition of three Italian species of Ephedra. JOURNAL OF ESSENTIAL OIL RESEARCH, 2005, vol. 17, no. 5, p. 542-546.
- Aghdasi, M., Mofid Bojnoordi, M., Mianabadi, M., Nadaf, M. Chemical components of the Ephedra major from Iran. Natural Product Research, 2015. DOI
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