Posted by Iansf on August 29, 2006, at 22:00:39
In reply to Re: Cox-II inhibitors for depression, posted by linkadge on August 29, 2006, at 18:54:40
The study says they gave the mice 140mg or more per kg of weight - that's a lot of turmeric! I would need to eat 25gm of turmeric per day to match that, and 100gm a day to match the amount used to inhibit MAO-B. I have turmeric capsules measuring 720mg. It would take 34 of them to reach the lower level and 130 of them to reach the higher. Turmeric may be a good antidepressant, but it's certainly not a very practical one.
> Thats why Turmeric is such a good antidepressant. It is both a COX-2 inhibitor and a monamine oxidase inhibitor.
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> This study found it more potent that prozac in mice. Though you won't hear much about that.
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> http://www.moodfoods.com/turmeric.html
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