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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
Caulophyllum thalictroides Blue Cohosh 5 12, 495
Cedrus deodora Deodar Cedar 1 0
Ceiba pentandra Kapok; Silk-Cotton Tree 3 9, 400
Celosia cristata Cockscomb 3 35, 590
Cenchrus biflorus Two-Flowered Sandspur 1 1, 595
Centaurea calcitrapa Star-Thistle 1 0
Centaurea cyanus Cornflower; Bachelor's Button 2 0
Centaurium erythraea Centaury 1 0
Centella asiatica Gotu Kola; Pennywort 6 46, 946.40000009537
Cephaelis ipecacuanha Ipecac; Raicilla 1 0
Ceratonia siliqua Carob; St.John's-Bread; Locust Bean 2 45, 120
Chaenomeles lagenaria Chinese Quince; Mu-Kua 3 32, 980
Chamaemelum nobile Garden Camomile; Perennial Camomile; Roman Camomile 6 69, 321
Chamissoa altissima Guanique 4 4, 952
Chenopodium album Lambsquarter 6 148, 815
Chenopodium ambrosioides Epazote; Wormseed 2 44, 040
Chondrus crispus Irish Moss 5 51, 878
Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium Pyrethrum 1 5, 300
Chrysanthemum coronarium Garland Chrysanthemum 5 144, 770
Chrysanthemum parthenium Feverfew 5 62, 081.700000047684