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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID

Chemical ID
GAMMAAMINOBUTYRICACID
Ubiquitous
No
List of known dosages
Dosage
LD50=2,748 (ivn mus)
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List of chemical activities.
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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 *
Antiinsomnic *
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 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.
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.
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 *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Ananas comosus Fruit 124.0 -0.7 *
Angelica sinensis Root Jim Duke's personal files.
Arachis hypogaea Plant *
Artemisia dracunculus Root *
Artemisia dracunculus Leaf *
Citrus reticulata Fruit 180.0 -0.7 *
Citrus sinensis Fruit 40.0 730.0 -0.3 *
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.
Fragaria spp Plant *
Ginkgo biloba Seed Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
Humulus lupulus Fruit CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Lentinus edodes Fruit *
Momordica charantia Seed Jim Duke's personal files.
Momordica charantia Fruit Jim Duke's personal files.
Panax ginseng Root *
Phaseolus vulgaris Seed Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Phoenix dactylifera Fruit 2660.0 3370.0 1.7 Abstract (See species file)
Prunus cerasus Fruit *
Silybum marianum Seed *