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

Common Names
Chinese 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
JATAMANSONE 11 Root 2500.0 *
MAALIOL 0 Rhizome *
MAGNESIUM 65 Rhizome 2590.0 0.97 *
MANGANESE 14 Rhizome 141.0 0.10 *
MARGARINIC-ACID 0 Root *
MERCURY 1 Rhizome 0.1 1.70 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Root *
NARCHINOL-A 0 Root *
NARDOL 0 Plant *
NARDOSINONE 0 Root 5000.0 *
OROSELOL 0 Rhizome *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Root *
PATCHOULI-ALCOHOL 4 Root *
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome 10800.0 -0.24 *
SODIUM 1 Rhizome 596.0 0.06 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root *
VALERANAL 0 Root *
VALERANONE 0 Rhizome *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 22.0 -0.37 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ergogenic 1 *
FLavor 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 2 *
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hypercholesterolemic 2 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 5 Yu, S.G., Anderson, P.J., and Elson, C.E. 1995. Efficacy of B-Ionone in the Chemoprevention of Rat Mammary Carcinogenesis. J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2144-2147.
Hypoglycemic 1 *
Hypokinetic 1 =ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Hypotensive 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Immunomodulator 3 *
Immunostimulant 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Insulinogenic 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
Laxative 2 *
Leptingenic 1 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
Litholytic 1 *
Lubricant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mucogenic 1 Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990.
Myorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.