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

Common Names
Indian Nard; 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
1(10)-ARISTOLEN-2-ONE 0 Root 18.0 120.0 *
1,8,9,10-TETRAHYDROARISTOLANE-2-ONE 0 Root *
18,9,10-DEHYDROARISTOLAN0NE-(2) 0 Root 6.0 40.0 *
ALPHA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Plant *
ANGELICIN 17 Root *
BEHENIC-ACID 1 Plant *
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Root *
BETA-IONONE 13 Root 25.0 180.0 *
BETA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root *
BETA-PINENE 13 Plant *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root *
CALARENE 0 Root *
CALARENOL 0 Root *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Plant *
DIHYDROSEYCHELLENE 0 Root *
ELEMOL 2 Root *
EO 0 Root 19000.0 20000.0 0.29 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Root *
JATAMANSIC-ACID 0 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiedemic 1 *
Antiemetic 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
Antiepileptic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Antiestrogenic 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifeedant 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiinflammatory 4 *
Antileukemic 1 *
Antilymphomic 1 *
Antimelanomic 1 *
Antimutagenic 3 *
Antiophidic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant 2 *
Antipeptic 1 Chem & Pharm. Bull., 34: 3854, 1986.
Antiplaque 1 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.