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Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Leaf | 42.0 | 3900.0 | 1.73 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 18200.0 | 153000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2600.0 | 8400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 112500.0 | 478000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNYL-ACETATE | 2 | Root | 55.0 | 3030.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf | 260.0 | 12190.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| ISOEUGENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL-VALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 215.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | 200000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ancylostomicide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Androgenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Androgenic? | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anemiagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anesthetic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ankylostomacide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Anorexic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiacetylcholine | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacne | 12 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiacrodermatitic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacrodynic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenomic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiadenoviral | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 2 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |