Thread: Is Ephedra Really Dangerous even if it's taken in recommended dosages?

There isn't more than one kind of BronkAid, and Pl. was probably 9 or 10 when straight ephedrine mini-thins were recalled, so I'm very curious as to where he gets pure Ephedrine HCL and which sports supplements have pure Ephedrine in them, and not ephedra.

It seems clear what Ephedrine and Ephedra are, but what are Ephedrine Alkaloids? (Stacker 2 ingredient)

Originally posted by Stretch
It seems clear what Ephedrine and Ephedra are, but what are Ephedrine Alkaloids? (Stacker 2 ingredient)

From a chemist's standpoint, ephedrine is the sympathomimetic drug that occurs naturally in plants of the genus Ephedra.

Ephedrine alkaloid is really the collective class (sometimes collectively referred to as ‘‘ephedra’’ which is how the supplement industy uses it) which then includes ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine, methylephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, and methylpseudoephedrine.


The total ephedrine alkaloid content of the herb or plant is approximately 1–2%, with ephedrine being the most abundant alkaloid .Then, ephedrine and pseudoephedrine together generally constitute more than 80% of the alkaloid content of the dried herb.


In dietary supplements, the ephedrine alkaloid content is typically expressed as a standardized percentage of total herb content.

Hope that helps.