An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. GABA

GABA

Chemical ID
GABA
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
LD50=2,748 (ivn mus)
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Dosage Reference
Analeptic *
Anticephalagic *
Anticerebrotic Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 1-32 g/man/day Martindale's 29th
Anticonvulsant 4,120 mg/kg ipr mus Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Antihypertensive 1,000-4,000 mg/man/day *
Antiinsomniac *
Antilethargic *
Antistress *
Antitinnitic *
Anxiolytic *
Cardiovascular 208 ivn dog Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Inhibitor 2,500 mg/kg scu mus Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Inhibitor 0.1 mg/kg ivn cat Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
CNS-Inhibitor 100 mg/kg ivn dog Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Diuretic 1,500-4,000 mg/man/day *
Hypotensive 1,000-4,000 mg/day *
Neuroinhibitor *
Neurotoxic (to birds) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter *
Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Achyranthes bidentata Root *
Ananas comosus Fruit 124.0 -0.8 *
Angelica sinensis Root Jim Duke's personal files.
Annona muricata Plant *
Annona squamosa Fruit *
Arachis hypogaea Plant *
Arctium lappa Root 25.0 -0.7 Wealth of India.
Artemisia dracunculus Shoot *
Astragalus membranaceus Root Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
Beta vulgaris Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cocos nucifera Seed List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Cucurbita pepo Seed *
Dryopteris marginalis Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Hyoscyamus niger Leaf *
Hypericum perforatum Plant 700.0 *
Lycium barbarum Fruit Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Lycopersicon esculentum Fruit 220.0 480.0 -0.6 *
Mangifera indica Fruit *
Momordica charantia Fruit *
Morus alba Leaf *