Chemical ID
TRYPTOPHAN
Ubiquitous
Yes
Dosage |
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RDA=300-1,200 mg/day? |
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Activity | Dosage | Reference |
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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 |
Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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Citrus sinensis | Fruit | 90.0 | 680.0 | -0.2 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Cocos nucifera | Seed | 390.0 | 735.0 | -0.9 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Colocasia esculenta | Leaf | 480.0 | 3345.0 | 0.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Colocasia esculenta | Root | 230.0 | 785.0 | -0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Corchorus olitorius | Leaf | 300.0 | 4000.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
Coriandrum sativum | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Cucumis sativus | Fruit | 40.0 | 1012.0 | 0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cucurbita foetidissima | Seed | 1840.0 | 5472.0 | 0.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cucurbita pepo | Fruit | 120.0 | 1800.0 | 1.3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cucurbita pepo | Seed | 4310.0 | 4630.0 | 0.4 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Cucurbita spp | Fruit | 110.0 | 1740.0 | 1.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Daucus carota | Root | 110.0 | 900.0 | 0.2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Dioscorea pentaphylla | Root | 110.0 | 595.0 | -0.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
Elaeagnus umbellatus | Fruit | 90.0 | 485.0 | -0.5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Eryngium creticus | Shoot | not available | 3715.0 | -0.8 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
Fagopyrum esculentum | Seed | not available | 2065.0 | -0.4 | Laferriere, J.E., 1988, Nutricomp Program, Nutricomp Database; reviewed in J. Ethnobiology 9(1):27-29. |
Ficus carica | Fruit | 60.0 | 287.0 | -0.8 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Foeniculum vulgare | Fruit | 2530.0 | 2775.0 | 2.7 | Duke, 1992 * |
Foeniculum vulgare | Seed | 2530.0 | 2775.0 | -0.2 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
Fragaria spp | Fruit | 70.0 | 830.0 | 0.0 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |