Also known as the Chinese herb Ma huang, ephedrine alkaloids are marketed as the dietary supplement ephedra. The stimulant is used in weight loss preparations and in supplements sold to boost ...

The boom is the result of a discovery by drug traffickers that a plant commonly found growing wild in parts of Afghanistan, ephedra, can be used to create the key component of meth: ephedrine.

Aug 26 (Reuters) - U.S. power grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) on Monday issued an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA1) due to high demand as consumers crank up their air conditioners to escape a ...

Shares of SPP Polymer were off to a muted start on its stock market debut on September 17 after listing at Rs 63, a premium of 7 percent over the issue price of Rs 59 per share on the NSE SME ...