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
JATAMANSIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATAMANSINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
JATAMANSONE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOMATIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAALIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MARGARINIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANYL-ARACHIDATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-HEXACOSANYL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARDOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARDOSIACIONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NARDOSTECHONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORSEYCHELANONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OROSELOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULI-ALCOHOL	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINIDIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEYCHELANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SEYCHELLENE	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
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Tranquilizer	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ubiquiot	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *