Chemical TRYPTOPHAN

List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)

Activity Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Analgesic	750 mg/4x/day/orl/man	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	500-1,000 mg/meal	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidementia	3 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant	1-3 g/3x/day/orl/man	Martindale's 29th
Antidyskinetic	2-8 g/orl/wmn/day	Martindale's 29th
Antihypertensive	not available	J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Antiinsomniac	1-3 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimanic	12 g/man/day/orl	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal	6 g/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimigraine	500 mg/man/4x/day	Martindale's 29th
Antioxidant	125 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	2 g 3 x/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiphenylketonuric	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antiprostaglandin	250 pg/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsychotic	12 g/man/day	Martindale's 29th
Antirheumatic	not available	Martindale's 29th
Antiscoliotic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Essential	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypnotic	not available	Martindale's 29th