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
Lavandula latifolia	Aspic; Broad-Leaved Lavender; Spike Lavender	1	21, 000
Lavandula x intermedia	Dutch Lavender; Lavandin	1	10, 000
Lawsonia inermis	Henna; Mignonette; Jamaica-Mignonette; Mignonette Tree	1	0
Ledum palustre	Marsh Tea; Wild Rosemary	1	0
Lens culinaris	Lentil	9	60, 886.00000011921
Lentinus edodes	Shiitake	2	0
Leonurus cardiaca	Motherwort	2	42
Lepidium meyenii	Maca; Peruvian Ginseng	5	63, 760
Lepidium sativum	Garden Cress	3	87, 310
Levisticum officinale	Lovage	3	3
Licania platypus	Sansapote	2	1, 943
Ligustrum japonicum	Japanese Privet; Ligustri Fructus	5	41, 720
Ligustrum lucidum	Chinese Privet; Glossy Privet; Ligustri Fructus; Privet; White Waxtree	4	104, 300
Limonia acidissima	Elephant Apple; Manzana De Elefante; Wood-Apple	3	69, 195
Linum usitatissimum	Flax; Linseed	6	114, 222.65599998832
Lippia dulcis	Sweet Herb	1	0
Liquidambar styraciflua	American Styrax; Sweetgum	4	254, 920.80000001192
Lobelia inflata	Indian Tobacco; Lobelia	6	52, 541
Lonicera japonica	Japanese Honeysuckle	3	30, 480
Lophatherum gracile	Dan Zhu Ye	3	27, 270