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
Pterocarpus santalinus	Red Saunders	1	0
Pueraria montana	Kudzu; Kudsu	5	78, 150
Pueraria pseudohirsuta	Chinese Kudzu	3	23, 190
Pulsatilla chinensis	Chinese Anemone	3	33, 590
Punica granatum	Pomegranate; Grenadier (Fr.); Granatapfelbaum (Ger.); Granatapfelstrauch (Ger.); Zakuro (Jap.); Romanzeiro (Port.); Granado (Sp.); Mangrano (Sp.)	8	162, 944
Pyrus communis	Pear	9	34, 114.68600000243
Quararibea cordata	Chupa-Chupa; Sapote	2	3, 820
Quercus alba	White Oak	7	79, 169.48000005633
Quercus infectoria	Aleppo Oak; Dyer's Oak; Gall Oak	1	0
Quercus phellos	Willow Oak	4	23, 520.30000001192
Quercus robur	English Oak	1	0
Quercus rubra	Northern Red Oak	5	51, 515.9800000377
Quercus stellata	Post Oak	4	47, 040.039999999106
Quercus velutina	Black Oak	5	37, 825.199999809265
Quisqualis indica	Rangoon Creeper	3	22, 370
Raphanus sativus	Radish	9	237, 010.80000019073
Rauvolfia serpentina	Indian Snakeroot; Serpentine Wood	2	13, 800
Rauvolfia vomitoria	African Snakeroot	1	0
Ravensara aromatica	Ravensara	1	540
Rehmannia glutinosa	Chinese Foxglove	4	18, 070