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.
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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	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
Hypoglycemic	1	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
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
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insectiphile	1	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Irritant	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Myorelaxant	1	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Nematicide	2	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Neurogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	3	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Pesticide	8	Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Phototoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	5	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Spasmogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *