Comment · Mon, December 16, 2024 · ND Owner
Noopept is a constituent of Pinellia ternata?
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ArcticPlatypus · 7 points
I was researching the traditional Chinese herb Pinellia ternata, being curious about its antinausea properties as a potential 5-HT3 antagonist like ginger. However I noticed in the research article listing identified constituents of the plant, a glaring word: “Noopept”. I have previously tried to identify if Noopept or other compounds like racetams have ever been identified in natural sources, but never stumbled across anything until today.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10696046/
This is found in table 2 of the results section of this paper.
My thought is that if noopept has been identified naturally, it could be marketed as a dietary supplement even if produced synthetically, similar to Berberine HCL sometimes not being a plant extract and rather is synthesized.
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u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
LOL, no. That paper is merely citing another paper... which doesn't seem to actually exist. It's citation 9 in the paper you linked.
Research progress on alkaloids from Pinellia ternata
See if you can find that paper anywhere. It doesn't actually exist. Noopept is not found in nature, even though I wish it was. You find this a lot in studies. One study will make a claim based on a citation from another study. However, then you open the study they cite, and it doesn't say what the first paper said it did; or in this case, the paper doesn't actually exist.