Listing of Useful Plants of the World
NOTICE: Information on the background to this Listing is available. The analysis of numbers of papers/mentions over time was completed in 1997, using the Agricola database (1970-1996). Hard copies of the Listing (553 pages; over 4200 new crops listed with the analyses of numbers of papers over time included) are available from the publisher, Dr Rob Fletcher; see Advice on Publications Available.
The references listed below are from the Biological Abstracts database (1988-2000) and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re Silverplatter, go to www.silverplatter.com.
Ephedra gerardiana
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Common Name(s):
ephedrineReferences
(Biological Abstracts 1988-2000):[These references are from the Biological Abstracts database and are courtesy of SilverPlatter Information. For more information re SilverPlatter, go to
www.silverplatter.com. References are listed alphabetically by author within years, with most recent references first; addresses of author(s) have been included when available. To search within this page, we suggest using Find in Page, within the Edit menu of the Web Browser.]Kondo, N., M. Mikage, et al. (1999). Medico-botanical studies of Ephedra plants from the Himalayan region, part III: Causative factors of variation of alkaloid content in herbal stems. Natural Medicines. Aug. 53(4): 194-200. {a} Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Takaramachi 13-1, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-0934, Japan
Pandey, B. and P. C. Pande (1999). Ethnobotanical studies on gymnospermic plants of Kumaon Himalaya. Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany. [print] September 23(2): 253-256. {a} G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Kosi, Katarmal, Almora, 264 643, India
Wolff, R. L., W. W. Christie, et al. (1999). DELTA5-Olefinic acids in the seed lipids from four Ephedra species and their distribution between the alpha and beta positions of triacylglycerols. Characteristics common to Coniferophytes and Cycadophytes. Lipids . Aug. 34(8): 855-864. {a} Laboratoire de Lipochimie Alimentaire, ISTAB, Universite Bordeaux 1, Avenue des Facultes, 33405, Talence Cedex, France
Mikage, M. and N. Kondo (1998). Medico-botanical studies of Ephedra plants from the Himalayan region. Part II. Geographical variation in the anatomical characters of herbal stems, and the estimation of the original locality of tibetan crude drugs "TSHE" and "BALU". Journal of Japanese Botany 73(3): 155-164. Fac. Pharm. Sci., Kanazawa Univ., Takaramachi 13-1, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0934, Japan
Malek, O., K. Laettig, et al. (1996). RNA editing in bryophytes and a molecular phylogeny of land plants. EMBO European Molecular Biology Organization Journal 15(6): 1403-1411. {a} Allgemeine Bot., Univ. Ulm, Albert Einstein Allee, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
Mikage, M. and N. Kondo (1996). Medico-botanical studies of Ephedra plants from the Himalayan region part I. Anatomical studies of the herbal stems and botanical origin of Tibetan crude drugs "TSHE" and "BALU". Journal of Japanese Botany 71(6): 323-332. Fac. Pharmaceutical Sci., Kanazawa Univ., 13-1, Takaramachi, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920, Japan
Singh, O. and J. S. Lalhal (1995). Morphological characters of Ephedra gerardiana Wall. Indian Forester 121(12): 1165-1166. Conifers Res. Centre, Shimla, HP, India
Grue, S. G. and I. D. Spenser (1994). Biosynthetic route to the Ephedra alkaloids. Journal of the American Chemical Society 116(14): 6195-6200. {a} Dep. Chem., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, ON L8S 4M1, Canada
Mascher, H., C. Kikuta, et al. (1993). Diastereomeric separation of free and conjugated silibinin in plasma by reversed phase HPLC after specific extraction. Journal of Liquid Chromatography 16(13): 2777-2789. {a} Pharm-Analyt Lab. GmbH, Wiener Str. 37, A-2514 Traiskirchen, Austria
O, D. N. A. and D. H. S. Richardson (1993). In vitro organogenesis of Ephedra. Phytomorphology 43(1-2): 19-24. {a} Dep. Biol., Carleton Univ., 1125 Colonel Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
O, D. N. A. and D. H. S. Richardson (1993). In vitro micropropagation of Ephedra. Journal of Horticultural Science 68(6): 1013-1020. {a} Dep. Biol., Carleton Univ., Ottawa K1S 5B6, Canada
Calquist, S. (1992). Wood, bark, and pith anatomy of old world species of Ephedra and summary for the genus. Aliso 13(2): 255-296.
Ahmed, M. and A. M. Sarangezai (1991). Dendrochronological approach to estimate age and growth rate of various species from Himalayan region of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal Of Botany 23(1): 78-89.
Iqbal, S. H., Shahbaz, et al. (1990). State of mycorrhizae in some ornamental gymnospermous tree species of Pakistan. Pakistan Journal Of Forestry 40(3): 237-246.
Kojima, S. (1990). A geobotanical study of Ephedretum gerardianae in north central Nepal. Phytocoenologia 19(1): 93-108.
Singh, H., A. Saklani, et al. (1990). Ethnobotanical observations on some gymnosperms of Garhwal Himalaya, Uttar Pradesh, India. Economic Botany 44(3): 349-354.
Zhang, J. S., Z. Tian, et al. (1989). Quality of evaluation of twelve species of Chinese Ephedra (Ma Huang). Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica 24(11): 865-871.
Carlquist, S. (1988). Near-vessellessness in Ephedra and its significance. American Journal Of Botany 75(4): 598-601.
Mikage, M., A. Takano, et al. (1987). Studies on the Nepalese crude drugs: VII. On the variation in the morphological appearances and the alkaloid contents of the herbal stem of Ephedra gerardiana Wall. according to the differences of habitats. Shoyakugaku Zasshi 41(3): 209-214.
Ahmed, M. (1986). Vegetation of some foothills of Himalayan range in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal Of Botany 18(2): 261-270.
Prakash, A. O. (1986). Potentialities of some indigenous plants for antifertility activity. International Journal Of Crude Drug Research 24(1): 19-24.
Chouhdry, A. S. (1984). Karyomorphological and cytogenetical studies in Ephedra. Journal Of Science Of The Hiroshima University Series B Division 2(Botany): 57-110.
Grue, S. G. and I. D. Spenser (1009). The biosynthesis of ephedrine. Canadian Journal Of Chemistry 67(6): 998-1009.
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