Is ephedra the same as ephedra alkaloid?

Answer 1

There is no such thing as Ephedra Alkaloids. The reason is because Ephedra, Ma Haung and Sida Cordifolia are the herbs and Ephedrine Alkaloids is the active ingredient in them. Think of it as coffee beans and caffeine. Coffee, tea, cocoa are some of the herbs and beans that have the active ingredient caffeine. This is why you don't ask what the difference is between Ephedra and Ephedra Alkaloids because there is no such thing as Ephedra (herb) Alkaloids. It's like asking if coffee is the same as coffee caffeine. People will look at you funny. Get the real ephedra. Beware of companies selling fakes called Ephedra Extract. Those have the ephedrine alkaloids removed or not present at all.

It is not quite the same. Ephedra exists in around 40 plants from around the world which all are different in their chemical structure.

Some of the plants like Ephedra Sinica also called Ma Huang in Chinese, or Sida Cordifolia contains between 2.2 and 3.3 % Alkaloids in their chemical structure.

The Alkaloids contains between 40 and 90% Ephedrine which is well known for being very effective for weight loss, especially when it comes as am ECA stack.

An ECA Stack is Ephedra, Caffeine and Aspirin together.

There are many diet pills on the market today, most of them comes from plants like Nevadensis or Viridis, both from North America and known as Mormon tea and Green Mormon tea.

Nevadensis and Viridis does not contain any Alkaloids and therefore no Ephedrine.