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Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MYRTENYL-ACETATE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENYL-ISOVALERIANATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-10-HYDROXY-ACTINIDINIUM | 0 | Root | not available | 10.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINIUM | 0 | Root | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-(BETA-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-(P-HYDROXYPHENETHYL)-ACTINIDINE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| N-BUTYL-VALERATE | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 4.0 | 24600.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-VALERALDEHYDE | 1 | Leaf | 5.0 | 315.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| N-VALERALDEHYDE | 1 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2200.0 | 12300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Root | 6.0 | 52.0 | 0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Plant | not available | 3000.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXYDASE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXYDASE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PACIFIGORGIOL | 0 | Leaf | 16.0 | 2195.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 25 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiinsomniac | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiketotic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileprotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antilethargic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukemic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukoplakic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |