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Re:Researchers develop blood test for anxiety by BoxOfRain on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:08AM (#35069879)
I've found valerian root extract can be helpful sometimes but it doesn't seem to work for particularly long, whatever the underlying compound is it must have a short half-life.
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Re:Researchers develop blood test for anxiety by FollowingTheDao on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @10:29AM (#35070183)
Valerian root contains valeric acid, which is how they found the drug Depakote (Valproic acid).

It's effect has been attributed to the blockade of voltage-gated sodium channels and increased brain levels of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).

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