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Valeriana jatamansi (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Indian Valerian
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ACETYL-KANOKONOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACEVALTRATE 1 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ALPHA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
AR-CURCUMENE 3 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ARACHIDONIC-ACID 12 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
BETA-BERGAMOTENE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-METHYL-VALERIC-ACID 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
BUTYRIC-ACID 6 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CALARENE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CRYPTOMERIDOL 3 Root List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D(-)-ALPHA-HYDROXYISOVALERIC-ACID-ISOVALERYL-ESTER 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
DIHYDROVALTRATUM 0 Root 30000.0 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
EO 0 Root 5000.0 30000.0 0.76 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GAMMA-PATCHOULENE 0 Root ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Root Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
Acaricide 1 *
Acidulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allergenic 1 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
Androgenic 1 *
Anemiagenic 1 *
Angiogenic 1 *
Anorexic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiacne 1 *
Antiadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antialopecic 3 *
Antianaphylactic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiandrogenic 4 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antiarrhythmic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiarteriosclerotic 1 *
Antiarthritic 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiatherosclerotic 1 *
Antibacterial 4 *
Anticancer 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.