Biological Activity Antidepressant | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Dosage	Reference
5-HYDROXYTRYPTAMINE	not available	Martindale's 28th
5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN	25 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
ALLOPURINOL	not available	Martindale's 28th
ASCORBIC-ACID	2,000 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
BETA-AMYRIN-PALMITATE	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
ELEMICIN	ihl	Jim Duke's personal files.
FOLACIN	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
FOLIC-ACID	800 ug/day	Duke, 1992 *
GLAZIOVINE	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
GLUTAMINE	not available	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
HYPERICIN	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
IBOGAINE	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOLIQUIRITIGENIN	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LIQUIRITIGENIN	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
LITHIUM	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
MAGNESIUM	not available	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
MELATONIN	not available	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
MYRISTICIN	not available	Jim Duke's personal files.

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List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name	Common Name	Chemical Count	Total Parts Per Million
Durio zibethinus	Durian	3	19, 970
Echinacea angustifolia	Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Echinacea; Narrow Leaf Purple-Coneflower	1	0
Echinacea purpurea	Echinacea; Eastern Purple-Coneflower; Purple-Coneflower	6	42, 255.2999997139
Echinacea spp	Coneflower; Echinacea	7	41, 387
Elaeagnus angustifolia	Russian Olive; Silver Berry	3	1, 000
Elaeagnus commutata	Silver Berry	2	1, 232
Elaeagnus umbellatus	Russian Olive	6	3, 748.2999999523163
Elaeis guineensis	African Oil Palm	2	1, 523
Eleocharis dulcis	Water chestnut	3	26, 032
Elettaria cardamomum	Cardamom	3	18, 661
Eleutherococcus senticosus	Eleuthero Ginseng; Siberian Ginseng; Spiny Ginseng; Wu jia; Ci wu jia (Pinyin)	6	96, 005
Elytrigia repens	Couchgrass; Doggrass; Quackgrass; Wheatgrass; Twitchgrass	4	133, 660
Ephedra nevadensis	Brigham Tea; Mormon Tea	1	116, 200
Ephedra sinica	Ma Huang; Chinese Ephedra	7	40, 862.40000009537
Ephedra spp	Ma-Huang	3	29, 580
Equisetum arvense	Field Horsetail; Horsetail	7	148, 158.59999990463
Equisetum hyemale	Horsetail; Scouring Rush	4	62, 820
Eriobotrya japonica	Loquat	6	70, 733
Eriocaulon sp	Oriental Pipewort	3	8, 790
Eriodictyon californicum	Yerba Santa; California Yerba Santa; Hierba Santa; Mountain Balm; Bear's Weed; Consumptive's Weed; Tarweed; Gum Bush; Holy Herb	5	199, 023.30000042915