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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACETOXYVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACEVALTRATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACEVALTRATE | 1 | Root | not available | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACEVALTRATE | 1 | Tissue Culture | 100.0 | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACTINIDINE | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 1.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACTINIDINE | 4 | Root | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | 500.0 | 2000.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 9700.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 195.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | 446000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FENCHENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KERZYLALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-METHYL-2-PYRROLYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| 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 * |