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Chemical TRYPTOPHAN

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
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
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)