Plant Nardostachys chinensis (Valerianaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Spikenard

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1(10)-ARISTOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
9-ARISTOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOL-9-EN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLA-1(10),8-DIEN-2-ONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARISTOLA-1,9-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Rhizome	not available	2.1	3.50	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MAALIENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Rhizome	not available	11600.0	1.02	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Rhizome	not available	10.0	-0.12	Duke, 1992 *
D-NARDOSTACHONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-1(10)-ARISTOLENON-(2)	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	10000.0	32000.0	-0.21	Duke, 1992 *
HENEICOSANIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	not available	1210.0	2.57	Duke, 1992 *
ISONARDOSINONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATAMANSIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATAMANSIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacrodermatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiaggregant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiakathisic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic	3	Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Antiallergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialopecic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiandrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianemic	3	Martindale's 29th
Antianginal	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th