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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-METHYL-KETONE-PYRROLE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 2.0 | 6095.0 | 0.17 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 239100.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root | 1.0 | 500.0 | -0.54 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | not available | 15.0 | -0.30 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 600.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 22.0 | 1925.0 | 2.79 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 9500.0 | 75400.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Root | 95.0 | 2365.0 | 2.00 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Flower | not available | 221.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-VALENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 50.0 | 422.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANHYDROVALENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | not available | 0.0 | -0.65 | 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 * |