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
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antinociceptive	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	2	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiosteoporotic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.