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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 0.1 | 0.9 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKYANTHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 27.0 | 230.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | 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. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | 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. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | 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. |
| STIGMASTEROL-ACETATE | 0 | 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. |
| TANNINS | 0 | Root | 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. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | 7.0 | 235.0 | 0.07 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 3100.0 | 9200.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Root | 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. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | 1.6 | -0.45 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.2 | 1.6 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOL | 71 | Root | 3.0 | 860.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 3.3 | 28.0 | 1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-VALERENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-VALERENOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-VALERENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antimetastatic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimetastatic (Stomach) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimigraine | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antimitral-valve-prolapse | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antimorphinic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| AntiMS | 3 | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Antimutagenic | 11 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235. |
| Antimyalgic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antimyocarditic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199. |
| Antinauseant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antinephrolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuralgic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuramidase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineurasthenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuritic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antineuropathic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antineurotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiNF-kB | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antinitrosaminic | 7 | Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18. |
| Antinitrosic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |