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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 4956.0 | 42000.0 | 3.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | 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. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | 0.0 | 130.0 | -0.14 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root | 3.0 | 65.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | 204000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 88500.0 | 750000.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Root | 10.0 | 195.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Root | 80.0 | 1640.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVYL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | 115.0 | 1300.0 | 0.06 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 51000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Root | 29.0 | 1520.0 | 1.72 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 76000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALASE | 1 | 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 * |