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Biological Activity Aphrodisiac

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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
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
Hippophae rhamnoides Sallow Thorn; Sea Buckthorn; Yellow Spine 1 0
Hordeum vulgare Barley; Barleygrass 1 0
Humulus lupulus Hops 2 0
Ipomoea aquatica Swamp Cabbage; Water Spinach 1 39, 310
Ipomoea batatas Sweet Potato 1 2, 835
Juglans cinerea Butternut 1 50, 300
Juglans nigra Black Walnut 1 38, 280
Juglans regia English Walnut 2 0
Lablab purpureus Bonavist Bean; Hyacinth Bean; Lablab Bean 1 58, 095
Lactuca sativa Lettuce 1 11, 833
Lagenaria siceraria Calabash Gourd; White-Flowered Gourd 1 6, 280
Larrea tridentata Chaparral; Creosote Bush 1 6, 200
Lens culinaris Lentil 1 44, 765
Lentinus edodes Shiitake 1 0
Lepidium meyenii Maca; Peruvian Ginseng 1 19, 880
Linum usitatissimum Flax; Linseed 1 1.1080000400543213
Lippia javanica Lemon Bush; Umsuzwane (Zulu) 1 0
Lupinus albus White Lupine 1 44, 400
Lycium barbarum Barbary Matrimony Vine; Ning Xia Gou Qi (Chin.); Matrimony Vine; Common Matrimony Vine; Duke of Argyll's Eta Tree 1 9, 500
Lycopersicon esculentum Tomato 1 3, 637