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Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

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Common name(s)
Common Valerian, Garden-Heliotrope, Valerian
How used
GRAS

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# Activity Chemical Name Part Low PPM High PPM StdDev *Reference
0 (+)-ACTINIDINE Root -- -- -- *
0 (+)-BETA-BISABOLENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (+)-EREMOPHILENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (+)-GAMMA-CADINENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (+)-MAALIOXIDE Plant -- -- -- J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
0 (-)-ACTINIDINE Root -- -- -- Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
0 (-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-ALPHA-PINENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-AR-CURCUMENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-BETA-ELEMENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-BETA-PINENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
3 (-)-BORNEOL Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
3 (-)-BORNEOL Root -- -- -- *
0 (-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE Root -- -- -- *
0 (-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE Root -- -- -- *
0 (-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-CAMPHENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
0 (-)-CARYOPHYLLENE Root Essent. Oil -- -- -- *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.