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Biological Activity Aphrodisiac

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
ARGININE 3 g/day Duke, 1992 *
BUFOTENINE not available Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
CORYNANTHEDINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYNANTHEINE not available Duke, 1992 *
CORYNANTHINE not available Duke, 1992 *
ESTRONE not available Duke, 1992 *
GINSENOSIDE-RG-1 not available Duke, 1992 *
HARMALINE 5 mg/mus CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMALOL 5 mg/mus CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
HARMINE 5 mg/mus CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
L-DOPA not available Martindale's 29th
MELATONIN not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
TESTOSTERONE not available Martindale's 29th
YOHIMBINE 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.
List of Activity Plants.
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Plant Name Common Name Chemical Count Total Parts Per Million
Trifolium pratense Red Clover; Purple Clover; Peavine Clover; Cowgrass 1 0
Trigonella foenum-graecum Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.) 1 135, 575
Triticum aestivum Wheat 1 12, 000
Urtica dioica European Nettle; Stinging Nettle 1 0
Vaccinium corymbosum Blueberry 1 2, 210
Valeriana officinalis Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope 1 0
Valerianella locusta Corn Salad; Lamb's Lettuce 1 25, 280
Vicia faba Broadbean; Faba Bean; Habas 2 769, 290
Vigna angularis Adzuki Bean 1 14, 834
Vigna radiata Green Gram; Mungbean 1 78, 152
Vigna unguiculata Cowpea; Black-eyed Pea; Crowder Pea; Southern Pea 1 177, 596
Viscum album European Mistletoe 1 0
Vitellaria paradoxa Butterseed; Shea Nut; Shea-Butter-Tree; Sheatree; Shea 1 29, 925
Vitex agnus-castus Chaste-Tree 1 0
Vitis vinifera Grape; European Grape; Wine Grape; Grapevine; Vigne Vinifere (Fr.); Weinrebe (Ger.); Parra (Sp.); Vid (Sp.) 1 20, 160
Zea mays Corn 3 5, 450.040999999153
Zingiber officinale Ginger 2 4, 972.0010000000475