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Biological Activity Antidepressant

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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Rosa canina Rose; Dogbrier; Dog Rose 6 114, 486.2999997139
Rosa damascena Damask Rose 1 0
Rosa gallica French Rose 1 8, 470
Rosa laevigata Cherokee Rose 3 23, 450
Rosa multiflora Multiflora Rose 1 2, 000
Rosa rubiginosa Rosa Mosqueta 1 12, 500
Rosa spp Rose Hips 2 12, 500
Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary 8 185, 597
Rubia cordifolia Madder 3 52, 270
Rubus chamaemorus Cloudberry 4 14, 875
Rubus chingii Chinese Raspberry 3 22, 730
Rubus fruticosus Blackberry 1 0
Rubus idaeus Red Raspberry; Raspberry 7 98, 425
Rumex acetosa Garden Sorrel 5 61, 300
Rumex acetosella Sheep Sorrel 1 12, 000
Rumex crispus Curly Dock; Lengua De Vaca; Yellow Dock; Sour Dock 6 174, 042
Ruscus aculeatus Butcher's Broom; Box-Holly 5 38, 374.799999952316
Ruta graveolens Rue 3 4, 790
Salix alba White Willow 6 29, 599.100000023842
Salvia miltiorrhiza Dan-Shen; Red Sage; Tan-Shen 3 53, 130