by Ephedra extract runs 25 mg to 150 mg a serving on the shop’s ephedra labels. Caffeine, 100 mg to 300 mg.
What is ephedra extract?
ODS: ephedra is “a plant native to China” with “three main species: Ephedra sinica, Ephedra equisentina, and Ephedra intermedia.”
“Ephedra is a low evergreen shrub with small, scaly leaves,” per NCCIH.
Four alkaloids, per ODS. Ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine and norpseudoephedrine.
EPH 100 names Ephedra viridis. Yellow Bullet Xtreme, Ephedra Nevadensis.
Ephedra vs ephedrine on the Live Lean Today blog.
How much ephedra is in each pill?
Hellfire EPH 150: Thermo-Z ephedra extract 150 mg. 90 capsules.
EPH 100: Ephedra viridis 100 mg in the Proprietary Ephedran X Blend. 100 capsules.
High Octane Ephedra 100: ephedra leaves 100 mg.
Yellow Bullet Xtreme: Ephedra Nevadensis 50 mg. 1050 mg Zyplex Blend.
Green Stinger: ephedra extract 27 mg per 2 caplets.
Lipodrene: 25 mg, 1 tablet.
EPH 100. 100 capsules, $32.99.
How much caffeine comes with the ephedra?
EPH 100, 300 mg. High Octane, 300 mg. Yellow Bullet Xtreme, 250 mg. Green Stinger, 200 mg total caffeine from kola nut, guarana and yerba mate. Hellfire, 150 mg caffeine anhydrous. Lipodrene, 100 mg.
High Octane directions: “Take one capsule three times per day.” 900 mg by the label.
FDA: “400 milligrams” a day for most adults, “an amount not generally associated with negative effects.” From its caffeine page.
“Caffeine has a half-life of about 6 hours,” says ODS.
Hellfire EPH 150. 90 capsules, $39.95.
What else is in an ephedra blend?
Hellfire: Senegalia berlandieri extract, black tea extract, higenamine HCl, evodiamine, black pepper extract. No amounts.
Green Stinger: Citrus aurantium (bitter orange) 170 mg. White willow bark extract 300 mg.
“Bitter orange is the common name for the botanical Citrus aurantium,” says ODS. The fruit “is a source of p-synephrine (often referred to simply as synephrine).”
After 2004, ODS writes, “manufacturers replaced ephedra with bitter orange in many products.” Synephrine “has different pharmacological properties” from ephedrine.
Lipodrene vs Green Stinger, panel by panel.
What did the FDA’s 2004 rule cover?
February 11, 2004. A final rule on “dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids,” per the FDA compliance guide. “The final rule became effective on April 12, 2004.”
21 CFR 119.1. The July 2008 guide cites “the well-known pharmacology of ephedrine alkaloids.”
No ephedrine figure on any label here. Ephedra extract, by weight.
Ephedra extract products on the Live Lean Today shop.
Where are the ephedra supplement numbers listed?
25 mg to 150 mg ephedra extract, 100 mg to 300 mg caffeine. Each product page prints its Supplement Facts panel. The FDA compliance guide has the 2004 rule, and ODS has the plant. All six sit in the shop’s ephedra diet pills section.
High Octane Ephedra 100. 100 capsules, $37.46.
