Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine can be used as precursors for the illicit synthesis of stimulant drugs, such methamphetamine methcathinone. For this reason, an enantioselective capillary electrokinetic chromatography method was developed separation ephedrine enantiomers. After testing two different charged or chargeable cyclodextrins (β-cyclodextrin sulphate carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin) a few mi...

Conformations of noradrenaline, dopamine and ephedrine have been studied in aqueous solutions using high resolution PMR spectroscopy. We found that for dopamine the mole fraction of trans rotamer is increased if pH is changed from acidic to basic while for noradrenaline and ephedrine the opposite trend is observed: gauche rotamer forms of the side chain become more populated. These changes are ...

The consumption of dietary supplements containing ephedrine and other alkaloids derived from them is quite high all over the world and is mainly used for the purpose of weight loss This consumption has several risks for the general population and for the regulators, since their dissemination is faster than the clinical trials that prove and guarantee its effectiveness and safety of use. We pres...

Background: Hypotension is commonly occurred with Spinal anesthesia. Colloids and Crystalloids are used preoperatively to prevent hypotension. Objective: To examine the effect of fluid (crystalloid vs. colloid) preloading on hemodynamic stability in old patients planned for lower limb orthopedic operations spinal Patients methods: Eighty undergoing surgery under anesthesia were included this wo...

HISTORY OF MESOTHERAPY This review of basic pharmacology using ephedrine as an active medication is provided by Bryan Haycock, MS, CSCS, founder of HSN. As a sympathomimetic, ephedrine acts to stimulate the sympathetic nervous system. It does this by causing presynaptic nerve terminals to release norepinephrine, or what is commonly called noradrenaline (NA), into the synaptic space. It also has...

Contractile responses of vascular smooth muscle strips (rabbit aorta) to angiotensin, vasopressin and serotonin are potentiated by amounts of metanephrine, ephedrine or tyramine that produce no contractions by themselves. Epinephrine and norepinephrine contractions of aortic strips are not potentiated. Phentolamine and bretylium prevent this potentiating effect of metanephrine and ephedrine; th...

As set forth in a recent note we have shown that Chinese Ma Huang is obtained from various species of Ephedra, E. eguisetina, Bunge; E. sinica, Stapf ; and E. mahuang, Liu. So far there has been no differentiation made between the various samples of this drug which occur upon the Chinese market. However, irrespective of the possible variation in the drug samples we consider i t is essential tha...

Diepvens, Kristel, Klaas R. Westerterp, and Margriet S. Westerterp-Plantenga. Obesity and thermogenesis related to the consumption of caffeine, ephedrine, capsaicin, and green tea. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 292: R77–R85, 2007. First published July 13, 2006; doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00832.2005.—The global prevalence of obesity has increased considerably in the last decade. Tools for obes...