Posted by qqqsimmons on November 2, 2006, at 11:30:09
In reply to Re: resveratrol improves lifespan, makes you manic?, posted by linkadge on November 2, 2006, at 10:58:35
yeah, i guess the EGCG in green tea is a COMT inhibitor too.
i read on pubmed where some mother was giving quercetin to her 22-month-old. the doctor was banging his head trying to figure out why the kid was peeing out so much homovanillic acid (a dopamine metabolite), thought the kid had a tumor or something.
i wonder if these COMT/MAO inhibitory effects might contribute to the health benefits of quercetin, resveratrol and green tea's egcg.
i'd like to have a quick way to clear the norepinephrine out of my system, so i could sleep, put on weight, etc. but i haven't found anyway to boost COMT or MAO. though i've heard that lithium may work by helping eliminate dopamine??? but i don't think it's recommended to take lithium without doctor's supervision, which is a bummer.
well, maybe we can just get used to three, four, five hours sleep a night.
i read (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoamine_oxidase) that people have different MAO genes and so break transmitters down at different rates. i expect that norepinephrine stays in my system longer than most. often i can't relax.
> I find it all very interesting.
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> I don't know if quercetin has effects on monoamine uptake, but I do know it has effects on MAO-A, and COMT. Quercetin and resveratrol are often found together, in which case one would be getting COMT, MAO, and uptake inhibition.
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> Interesting that one compound displays both serotonin uptake inhibition and MAO activity.
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> I found resveratrol to be a very effective antidepressant. If only it were synthesized and made available in a more standardized form.
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