Chemical ID
TRYPTOPHAN
Ubiquitous
Yes
| Dosage |
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| RDA=300-1,200 mg/day? |
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| 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 |
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| Plant Name Sort descending | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abelmoschus esculentus | Fruit | 170.0 | 1710.0 | 1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Acacia farnesiana | Seed | 440.0 | 450.0 | -1.0 | Rizk, A.F.M. and Al-Nowaihi, A.S., The Phytochemistry of the Horticultural Plants of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar. |
| Allium ampeloprasum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium cepa | Bulb | 170.0 | 1853.0 | 1.0 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium sativum var. sativum | Bulb | 0.7 | 1584.0 | -1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Allium schoenoprasum | Leaf | 310.0 | 3955.0 | 1.0 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Alpinia galanga | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Amaranthus sp. | Leaf | 310.0 | 3729.0 | 0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anacardium occidentale | Seed | 2370.0 | 2411.0 | -0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angelica archangelica | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angelica sinensis | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Annona muricata | Fruit | 110.0 | 585.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Annona reticulata | Fruit | 70.0 | 245.0 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Annona squamosa | Fruit | 100.0 | 375.0 | -0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apium graveolens | Pt | 90.0 | 1865.0 | not available | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Arachis hypogaea | Seed | 2540.0 | 3321.0 | 0.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Arctium lappa | Root | 60.0 | 300.0 | -1.8 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Artocarpus altilis | Seed | 1230.0 | 2815.0 | -0.2 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| Asimina triloba | Fruit | 35.0 | 536.0 | -0.4 | Duke, 1992 * |