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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-METHYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-METHYL-VALERIC-ACID | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Leaf | 2.0 | 210.0 | -0.32 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-MYRCENE | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 900.0 | 8200.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf | not available | 35.0 | -0.38 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1400.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf | 12.0 | 1100.0 | 1.19 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 5400.0 | 43000.0 | 1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Root | 50.0 | 960.0 | 0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 48000.0 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lokar, L. C., Martini, F. 1997. Chemotaxonomic Investigations on the Genus Valeriana L. in the Northeastern Italy and in Tuscany. I. Phytosterols. Dept. of Biology, University of Trieste. Allionia 35: 103-115. |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL-STEARATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-VALENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-VALENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISABOLOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Leaf | 5.0 | 3900.0 | 4.35 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| 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 * |