Supplement, Vitamin and Herb Ingredient Glossary
Ingredient Glossary: Ma-Mn
- Maca
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Ayak Chichira, Ayuk Willku, Ginseng Andin, Ginseng Péruvien, Lepidium meyenii, Lepidium peruvianum, Maca Maca, Maca Péruvien, Maino, Maka, Peruvian Ginseng, Peruvian Maca.
- Macadamia Nut
- A seed. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Australian nut, Bopple nut, Bush nut, Macadamia integrifolia, Macadamia Oil, Macadamia tetraphylla, Noix de Macadamia, Queensland
- Madder
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Bengal Madder, Dyer's Madder, Farberrote, Garança, Garance, Indian Madder, Robbia, Rubia, Rubia tinctorum, Rubiae Tinctorum Radix.
- Magnesium
- A mineral.
- Also known as: Aspartate de Magnésium, Atomic Number 12, Carbonate de Magnésium, Chelated Magnesium, Chlorure de Magnésium, Citrate de Magnésium, Dimagnesium Malate, Epsom Salts, Gluconate de Magnésium, Glycérophosphate de Magnésium, Glycinate de Magnésium, Hydroxyde de Magnésium, Lactate de Magnésium, Lait de Magnésium, Magnesia, Magnesia Carbonica, Magnesia Muriatica, Magnesia Sulfate, Magnesia Sulfurica, Magnesio, Magnésium, Magnesium Ascorbate, Magnesium Aspartate, Magnesium Carbonate, Magnésium Chelaté, Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Citrate, Magnesium Disuccinate Hydrate, Magnesium Gluconate, Magnesium Glycerophosphate, Magnesium Glycinate, Magnesium Hydroxide, Magnesium Lactate, Magnesium Malate, Magnesium Murakab, Magnesium Orotate, Magnesium Oxide, Magnesium Phosphate, Magnesium Phosphoricum, Magnesium Sulfate, Magnesium Taurate, Magnesium Taurinate, Magnesium Trisilicate, Malate de Magnésium, Milk of Magnesia, Mg, Numéro Atomique 12, Orotate de Magnésium, Oxyde de Magnésium, Phosphate de Magnésium, Sels d'Epsom, Sulfate de Magnésium, Trisilicate de Magnésium.
- Magnolia
- A plant. The bark and flower buds are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Beaver Tree, Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, Flos Magnoliae, Ho-No-Ki, Holly Bay, Hou Po, Indian Bark, Japanese whitebark magnolia, Magnolia biondii, Magnolia denudata, Magnolia emargenata, Magnolia fargesii, Magnolia Flower Bud, Magnolia glauca, Magnolia heptaperta, Magnolia hypoleuca, Magnolia officinalis, Magnolia salicifolia, Magnolia sargentiana, Magnolia sprengeri, Magnolia wilsonii, Red Bay, Red Magnolia, Swamp Laurel, Swamp Sassafras, Sweet Bay, White Bay, White Laurel, Xin Ye Hua, Xin Yi Hua.
- Maidenhair Fern
- A plant. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Adiante Pédalé, Adiantum capillus-veneris, Adiantum pedatum, Culantrillo, Five-Finger Fern, Hair of Venus, Maiden Fern, Rock Fern, Venus' Hair.
- Maitake Mushroom
- A fungus.
- Also known as: Champignon Maitake, Dancing Mushroom, Grifola, Grifola frondosa, Hen of the Woods, Hongo Maitake, King of Mushrooms, Maitake, Monkey's Bench, Mushroom, Shelf Fungi.
- Malabar Nut
- A plant. The leaf is used for medicine.
- Also known as: Adhatoda vasica, Adhatoda zeylenica, Adotodai, Adulsa, Arusa, Justicia Adhatoda, Malabar Nut Tree, Noix de Malabar, Pavettia, Vasaka.
- Male Fern
- A plant. The above ground pieces, leaf and stem are used for medicine.
- Also known as: American Aspidium, Bear's Paw, Dryopteris Filix-Mas, European Aspidium, Fougère Mâle, Knotty Brake, Marginal Fern, Shield Fern.
- Mallow
- A pant. The flower and leaf are used for medicine.
- Also known as: Blue Mallow Flower, Blue Malva, Cheeseflower, Common Mallow, Dwarf Mallow, Gul-Khair, High Mallow, Kunzi, Malva mauritiana, Malva neglecta, Malva rotundifolia, Malva Silvestre, Malva sylvestris, Malvae Flos, Malvae Folium, Mauls, Mauve, Vilayatiikangai.
- Manaca
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Brunfelsia hopeana, Brunfelsia uniflora, Pohl, Vegetable Mercury.
- Manganese
- A mineral.
- Also known as: Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Aminoate, Manganese Ascorbate, Manganese Aspartate Complex, Manganese Chloride, Manganese Chloridetetrahydrate, Manganese Citrate, Manganese Dioxide, Manganese Gluconate, Manganese Glycerophosphate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate Monohydrate, Manganese Sulfate Tetrahydrate, Manganeso, Manganum, Mn.
- Mangosteen
- A fruit. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Amibiasine, Fruit des Rois, Garcinia mangostana, Jus de Xango, Mang Cut, Manggis, Manggistan, Mangosta, Mangostan, Mangostán, Mangostana, Mangostanier, Mangostao, Mangostier, Mangoustanier, Mangouste, Mangoustier, Manguita, Meseter, Queen of Fruits, Sementah, Semetah, Xango, Xango Juice.
- Manna
- A plant. The dried sap is used for medicine.
- Also known as: Flake Manna, Flowering Ash, Fraxinus ornus, Frêne à Fleurs, Manna Ash.
- Marijuana
- An herb. The leaves and flowers are dried to make medicine.
- Also known as: Anashca, Banji, Bhang, Blunt, Bud, Cannabis, Cannabis sativa, Charas, Dope, Esrar, Gaga, Ganga, Grass, Haschisch, Hash, Hashish, Herbe, Huo Ma Ren, Joint, Kif, Mariguana, Marihuana, Mary Jane, Pot, Sawi, Sinsemilla, Weed.
- Marjoram
- A plant. The flowers, leaves, and oil are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Garden Marjoram, Gartenmajoran, Knotted Marjoram, Majoran, Majorana Aetheroleum Oil, Majorana Herb, Majorana hortensis, Majorana majorana, Marjolaine, Marjoram Essential Oil, Marjoram Oil, Marubaka, Marwa, Mejorana, Origanum majorana, Sweet Marjoram.
- Marsh Blazing Star
- A plant. The root is used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Backache Root, Blazing-Star, Button Snakeroot, Colic Root, Devil's Bite Prairie-Pine, Gayfeather, Gay-Feather, Laciniaria spicata, Liatride à Épis, Liatris spicata, Liatris callilepis, Serratula spicata.
- Marsh Marigold
- A plant. The above ground pieces of are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Bull's Eyes, Caltha alba, Caltha palustris, Cowslip, Horse Blobs, Kingcups, Leopard's Foot, Meadow Routs, Palsy Root, Populage des Marais, Solsequia, Sponsa Solis, Verrucaria, Water Blobs, Water Dragon.
- Marsh Tea
- A plant. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: James' Tea, Ledi Palustris Herba, Ledum palustre, Ledum Silvestre, Marsh Citrus, Moth Herb, Rhododendron palustre, Rhododendron tomentosum var. tomentosum, Romarin Sauvage, Romero Silvestre, Sumpfporst, Swamp Tea, Te de Los Pantanos, Wild Rosemary.
- Marshmallow
- A plant. The leaves and the root are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Altea, Alteia, Althaeae Folium, Althaea officinalis, Althaea taurinensis, Althaeae Radi, Althea, Gimauve, Gulkhairo, Herba Malvae, Mallards, Malvavisco, Marsh Maillo, Mortification Root, Racine De Guimauve, Sweet Weed, Wymote.
- Martagon
- A plant. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Lilium martagon, Lis Martagon, Purple Turk's Cap Lily, Turk's Cap.
- Masterwort
- A plant. Used for medicine.
- Also known as: Berce Commune, Cow Cabbage, Cow Parsnip, Heracleum lanatum, Heracleum sphondylium, Hogweed, Madnep, Radix Pimpinelle Franconiae, Woolly Parsnip, Youthwort.
- Mastic
- A plant. The resin is used for medicine.
- Also known as: Lentisco, Lentisk, Mastich, Mastika, Mastix, Mata Charneca, Pistacia lentiscus.
- Mate
- A plant. The leaves are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Chimarrao, Green Mate, Hervea, Ilex, Ilex paraguariensis, Jesuit's Brazil Tea, Jesuit's Tea, Maté, Maté Folium, Paraguay Tea, St. Bartholemew's Tea, Thé de Saint Barthélémy, Thé des Jésuites, Thé du Brésil, Thé du Paraguay, Yerbamate, Yerba Mate, Yerba Maté.
- Meadowsweet
- A plant. The above ground pieces are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Bridewort, Dolloff, Dropwort, Filipendula, Filipendula ulmaria, Lady Of The Meadow, Meadow Queen, Meadow Sweet, Meadow-Wart, Queen of the Meadow, Reina de Los Prados, Reine des Prés, Spiraeae Flos, Spireae Herba, Spiraea ulmaria, Ulmaria.
- Melanotan-ii
- A synthetic chemical.
- Also known as: Melanotan II, MT-II.
- Melatonin
- A hormone found naturally in the body.
- Also known as: MEL, Melatonina, Mélatonine, MLT, N-acetyl-5-methoxytryptamine, N-Acétyl-5-Méthoxytryptamine, Pineal Hormone.
- Mentzelia
- A plant. The branch tips, stems, and roots are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Anguraté, Mentzelia cordifolia.
- Mercury Herb
- A plant. The flowering plant, root, and root-like stem (rhizome) are used for medicine.
- Also known as: Merculiare, Mercurialis annua.
- Mesoglycan
- A substance obtained from cow lung, blood vessels or pig intestines.
- Also known as: Aortic GAGs, Aortic Glycosaminoglycans, Glycosaminoglycans, Heparinoid Fraction, Heparinoids, Mesoglicano, Mucopolysaccharide, Sulfomucopolysaccharide.
- Methionine
- An amino acid.
- Also known as: DL-Methionine, L-2-amino-4-(methylthio)butyric acid, L-Methionine, L-Méthionine, Méthionine, Metionina.
- Methoxylated Flavones
- Pigments found in plants.
- Also known as: 5-Methyl-7-Methoxy Isoflavone, 5,6,7,8,4'-pentamethoxyflavone, 5,6,7,3',4'-pentamethoxyflavone, 5,6,7,8,3',4'-hexamethoxyflavone, 3,5,6,7,8,3',4'-heptamethoxyflavone, Bioflavonoid, Bioflavonoïde, Bioflavonoid Complex, Bioflavonoid Concentrate, Bioflavonoid Extract, Citrus Bioflavones, Citrus Bioflavonoid Extract, Citrus Bioflavonoid, Citrus Bioflavonoids, Citrus Flavones, Citrus Flavonoids, Citrus Polymethoxylated Flavones, Complexe de Bioflavonoïde, Concentré de Bioflavonoïde, Extrait de Bioflavonoïde, Flavonas Metoxiladas, Flavones Méthoxylées, Flavonoids, Flavonoïdes, Flavonoïdes Méthoxylés, Gardenin D, Heptamethoxyflavones, Hexamethoxyflavones, Methoxyflavones, Méthoxyflavones, Methoxylated flavonoids, Nobiletin, Nobilétine, Pentamethoxyflavones, PMF, Polyméthoxyflavones, Polymethoxylated Flavones, Sinensetin, Sinensétine, Tangeretin, Tangerétine, Tetramethoxyflavones.
- Mexican Scammony Root
- A plant. The root is used for medicine.
- Also known as: Convolvulus orizabensis, Convolvulus superbus, Ipomoea, Ipomoea orizabensis, Ipomoea superba, Ipomoea tyrianthina, Orizaba Jalap, Scamonnée du Mexique.
- Mezereon
- A plant. The bark is used for medicine.
- Also known as: Bois Gentil, Bois Joli, Camolea, Daphne, Daphne mezereum, Dwarf Bay, Mezereum, Spurge Flax, Spurge Laurel, Spurge Olive, Wild Pepper.
- Mgn-3
- A product made by combining rice bran with chemicals from the shiitake, kawaratake, and suehirotake mushrooms.
- Also known as: Biobran, Hemicellulose Complex with Arabinoxylane.
- Milk Thistle
- A plant. The above ground pieces and seeds are used to make medicine.
- Also known as: Artichaut Sauvage, Blessed Milk Thistle, Cardo Lechoso, Cardui Mariae Fructus, Cardui Mariae Herba, Carduus Marianum, Carduus marianus, Chardon Argenté, Chardon de Marie, Chardon de Notre-Dame, Chardon Marbré, Chardon-Marie, Épine Blanche, Holy Thistle, Lady's Thistle, Lait de Notre-Dame, Legalon, Marian Thistle, Mariendistel, Mary Thistle, Our Lady's Thistle, Shui Fei Ji, Silibinin, Silybe de Marie, Silybin, Silybum, Silybum marianum, Silymarin, St. Mary Thistle, St. Marys Thistle.
- Miracle Fruit
- The berry of the plant is used for medicine and to flavor food.
- Also known as: Bakeriella dulcifica, Bumelia dulcifica, Fruit Miracle, Miracle Berry, Miraculin, Miraculous Berry, Richadellla dulcifica, Sideroxylon dulcificum, Synsepalum dulcificum.