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Biological Activity Antidepressant

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List of activity chemicals.
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Chemical Name Sort descending 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 Sort descending Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Vigna mungo Black Gram 6 139, 035.29999995232
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 10 153, 346.0100004673
Vigna subterranea Bambarra Groundnut; Groundbean 1 1, 890
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 9 1, 020, 231.6799959987
Viola odorata Common Violet; Sweet Violet 1 0
Viola tricolor Pansy; Wild Violet 1 0
Viscum album European Mistletoe 6 31, 720
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 3 19, 925
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 11 636, 580.4000000209
Withania somnifera Ashwagandha 1 0
Xanthosoma sagittifolium Malanga; Tannia; Yautia 3 198, 510
Yucca baccata Spanish Bayonet; Yucca; Banana Yucca; Blue Yucca 5 36, 247.59999990463
Zanthoxylum americanum Northern Prickly Ash 1 15
Zea mays Corn 14 37, 046.92099980812
Zingiber officinale Ginger 10 61, 369.00100000005
Zizyphus jujuba Da-Zao; Jujube; Ta-Tsao 4 178, 317
Zizyphus spina-christi Syrian Christ-Thorn 3 7, 174