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

Common Names

Indian Nard; 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)-ARISTOLEN-2-ONE	0	Root	18.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8,9,10-TETRAHYDROARISTOLANE-2-ONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
18,9,10-DEHYDROARISTOLAN0NE-(2)	0	Root	6.0	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PATCHOULENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANGELICIN	17	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Root	25.0	180.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PATCHOULENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALARENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALARENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROSEYCHELLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	19000.0	20000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATAMANSIC-ACID	0	Root	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
Allelochemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiacetylcholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiaflatoxin	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianoxic	1	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	Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antibacterial	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	1	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	Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV	1	Duke, 1992 *