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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Nardostachys jatamansi (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Indian Nard, Spikenard
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1(10)-ARISTOLEN-2-ONE 0 Root 18.0 120.0 *
1,8,9,10-TETRAHYDROARISTOLANE-2-ONE 0 Root *
18,9,10-DEHYDROARISTOLAN0NE-(2) 0 Root 6.0 40.0 *
ALPHA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ANGELICIN 17 Root *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Root *
BETA-IONONE 13 Root 25.0 180.0 *
BETA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
CALARENE 0 Root *
CALARENOL 0 Root *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant *
DIHYDROSEYCHELLENE 0 Root *
ELEMOL 2 Root *
EO 0 Root 19000.0 20000.0 0.29 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Root *
JATAMANSIC-ACID 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allergenic 3 (View) *
Allergenic? 1 (View) *
Androgenic 1 (View) *
Angiogenic 1 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiacetylcholinesterase 1 (View) *
Antiacne 1 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin 1 (View) *
Antiandrogenic 1 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianoxic 1 (View) Yamahara, J., Matsuda, H., Naitoh, Y., Fujimura, H., and Tamai, Y. 1990. Antianoxic Action and Active Constituents of Atractylodis Lanceae Rhizoma. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(7): 2033-2034, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 1 (View) Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antibacterial 5 (View) *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 (View) Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 1 (View) *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 (View) *
Anticariogenic 1 (View) Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticonvulsant 2 (View) *
AntiEBV 1 (View) *