EPHEDRA SINICA Stapf (Ephedraceae) "Ma Huang" ALKALOIDS Plant 8,000 - 33,000 ppm ALUMINUM Plant 63 ppm ASCORBIC-ACID Plant 721 ppm ASH Plant 56,000 ppm BETA-CAROTENE Plant 37.3 ppm CALCIUM Plant 4,390 ppm CARBOHYDRATES Plant 817,000 ppm CHROMIUM Plant COBALT Plant 40 ppm D-N-METHYLPSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant D-NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant D-PSEUDOEPHEDRINE Stem 400 - 5,000 ppm ELLAGIC-ACID Plant EO Plant 1,000 - 4,000 ppm EPHEDRADINE-A Root EPHEDRADINE-B Root EPHEDRADINE-C Root EPHEDRINE Plant 2,400 - 22,500 ppm EPHEDROXANE Plant FAT Plant 19,000 ppm FERULOYLHISTAMINE Root FIBER Plant 98,000 ppm GALLIC-ACID Plant IRON Plant 210 ppm KILOCALORIES Plant 3,100 /kg L-ALPHA-TERPINEOL Plant L-EPHEDRINE Stem L-N-METHYLEPHEDRINE Plant L-NOREPHEDRINE Plant MAGNESIUM Plant 2,110 ppm MANGANESE Plant 54 ppm MAOKONINE Root METHYLEPHEDRINE Plant METHYLPSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant NIACIN Plant NONACOSAN-10-OL Plant NONACOSANE Plant NOREPHEDRINE Plant NORPSEUDOEPHEDRINE Plant PHOSPHORUS Plant POTASSIUM Plant 13,200 ppm PROTEIN Plant 108,000 ppm RIBOFLAVIN Plant 11 ppm SELENIUM Plant SILICON Plant 31 ppm SODIUM Plant 430 ppm THIAMIN Plant 47 ppm TIN Plant 11 ppm TROCOSAN-1-OL Plant WATER Plant 790,000 ppm ZINC Plant 21 ppm --------------------------------------------------- ppm = parts per million