Chemical TRYPTOPHAN | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Chemical ID

TRYPTOPHAN

Ubiquitous

Yes

List of known dosages
Dosage
RDA=300-1,200 mg/day?

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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
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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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
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 *