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
Capsella bursa-pastoris	Shepherd's Purse	3	56, 517
Capsicum annuum	Bell Pepper; Green Pepper; Cherry Pepper; Sweet Pepper; Cone Pepper; Paprika	10	261, 314.41200003633
Capsicum frutescens	Cayenne; Chili; Tabasco; Hot Pepper; Spur Pepper; Red Chili	10	409, 878
Carica papaya	Papaya	9	72, 369
Carica pentagona	Babaco; Mountain papaya	2	11, 760
Carthamus tinctorius	Safflower	5	43, 816
Carum carvi	Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)	8	350, 840
Carya glabra	Pignut Hickory	4	83, 606.59999990463
Carya illinoensis	Pecan	5	8, 006.019999999553
Carya ovata	Shagbark Hickory	5	76, 667.71999980882
Casimiroa edulis	Matasano; White sapote	2	3, 700
Cassia tora	Sickle Senna	3	55, 680
Castanea dentata	American Chestnut	5	14, 077
Castanea mollisima	Chinese Chestnut	5	14, 864
Castanea sativa	European Chestnut	7	12, 214
Catalpa bignonioides	Indian bean	1	0
Catalpa ovata	Hsin-Pa-Pi; Kisasage	3	35, 700
Catha edulis	Khat	2	4, 510
Catharanthus lanceus	Lanceleaf Periwinkle	1	50, 000
Catharanthus roseus	Madagascar Periwinkle; Rosy Periwinkle	2	0