Ephedra is a genus of gymnosperm shrubs. The various species of Ephedra are widespread in many arid regions of the world, ranging across southwestern...
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Ephedra is a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica. Several additional species belonging to the genus Ephedra have traditionally been used...
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Ephedra may refer to: Ephedra (medicine), a medicinal preparation from the plant Ephedra sinica Ephedra (plant), genus of gymnosperm shrubs Ephedrine This...
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Ephedra sinica (also known as Chinese ephedra or Ma Huang) is a species of Ephedra native to Mongolia, Russia (Buryatiya, Chita, Primorye), and northeastern...
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Ephedra viridis, known by the common names green Mormon tea, Brigham tea, green ephedra, and Indian tea, is a species of Ephedra. It is indigenous to the...
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Asia Ephedra distachya subsp. helvetica (C.A.Mey.) Asch. & Graebn. – Switzerland, France, Italy, Slovenia, Austria Ephedra is part of a group of plants called...
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Ephedra californica is a species of Ephedra, known by the common names California jointfir, California ephedra, desert tea, Mormon tea, and cañatillo....
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tall. The plant was originally described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1799 and placed in section Pseudobaccatae (=sect. Ephedra sect. Ephedra), "tribe"...
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organic chemist Nagai Nagayoshi isolated ephedrine from the Chinese ephedra plant and later developed a method for ephedrine synthesis. Methamphetamine...
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Ephedra nevadensis, commonly known as Nevada ephedra, gray ephedra, Mormon tea and Nevada jointfir, is a species of gymnosperm native to dry areas of western...
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Ephedra monosperma, also called Ephedra minima or dan zi ma huang (in Chinese), is small shrub in the family of Ephedraceae. It is distributed from China...
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Botanical identity of soma–haoma (section Ephedra)
is an Ephedra (Ephedra distachya), which are totally unconnected species sourced from different areas. European researchers suggest other plants, such...
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Haoma (section As a plant)
his summary noted that "there is no need to look for a plant other than Ephedra, the one plant used to this day by the Parsis." The Yazata Haoma, also...
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Soma (drink) (section Candidates for the plant)
including Amanita muscaria, Psilocybin mushrooms, Peganum harmala and Ephedra sinica. Soma is a Vedic Sanskrit word that literally means "distill, extract...
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Illegal drug trade in China (section Ephedra)
of these chemicals extracted from the ephedra plant. In addition to government-controlled farms, the ephedra plant grows wildly in many parts of the northern...
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Ephedra intermedia, with the Chinese common name of Zhong Ma Huang, is a species of Ephedra that is native to Siberia, Central Asia, Iran, Afghanistan...
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Ephedra alata is a species of Ephedra. These plants are perennial and xerophytic gymnosperm shrubs. Ephedra alata is a small terrestrial shrub or Chamaephyte...
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Ephedra strobilacea is a species of Ephedra that is native to Iran and Central Asia (Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). The plant grows...
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Ephedra funerea is a species of Ephedra, known by the common name Death Valley jointfir, Death Valley ephedra, or Mormon Tea. It is native to the Mojave...
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Ephedra altissima is a species of Ephedra that is native to the western Sahara (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Chad, Mauritania), and also to the Canary...
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Ephedra cutleri, the Navajo ephedra or Cutler's jointfir, is a species of Ephedra that is native to the Southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico...
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Sea grape (redirect from Sea grape (plant))
Caulerpa, especially: C. lentillifera, eaten in Southeast Asia C. racemosa Ephedra distachya, a shrub that grows in southern Europe and parts of western and...
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Ephedra frustillata, the Patagonian ephedra, is a plant species in the genus Ephedra. The plant is found in Patagonia, southern Argentina, as well as...
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Ephedra gerardiana (Gerard's jointfir, 山岭麻黄 shan ling ma huang) is a species of Ephedra, endemic to the mountains of Afghanistan, Bhutan, northern India...
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"Callus production, suspension culture and in vitro alkaloid yields of Ephedra". Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. 34 (2): 149–155. doi:10.1007/BF00036095...
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Ephedra antisyphilitica is a plant species native to the southern Great Plains of the United States (Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas), and also to northeastern...
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Gnetophyta (category Plant divisions)
genera: Gnetum (family Gnetaceae), Welwitschia (family Welwitschiaceae), and Ephedra (family Ephedraceae). The earliest unambiguous records of the group date...
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Bitter orange (category Medicinal plants)
bans on the herbal stimulant ephedra in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere, bitter orange has been substituted into "ephedra-free" herbal weight-loss products...
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Ephedrine (and related compounds that are also active ingredients in ephedra preparations) exert their effects by acting directly and indirectly as...
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pharmacopoeia, the Shennong Ben Cao Jing records plant medicines such as chaulmoogra for leprosy, ephedra, and hemp. This was expanded in the Tang dynasty...
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