This one took a bit more research than I was expecting. 95% of kava’s pharmacological activity can be traced back to the 6 major kavalactones. Of these 6, today we’ll be focusing on desmethoxyyangonin (DMY). DMY is the number 1 on the chemotype list, and is a rarer kavalactone to see towards the front of a kava’s chemotype. It is thought that DMY plays a part in the increase and decrease in dopamine in various parts of the brain [1], however the science in this area is a bit fuzzy. To date there doesn’t seem to be a study specifically targeted towards DMYs psychological effects.
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Desmethoxyyangonin (DMY) #1
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This one took a bit more research than I was expecting. 95% of kava’s pharmacological activity can be traced back to the 6 major kavalactones. Of these 6, today we’ll be focusing on desmethoxyyangonin (DMY). DMY is the number 1 on the chemotype list, and is a rarer kavalactone to see towards the front of a kava’s chemotype. It is thought that DMY plays a part in the increase and decrease in dopamine in various parts of the brain [1], however the science in this area is a bit fuzzy. To date there doesn’t seem to be a study specifically targeted towards DMYs psychological effects.