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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALEROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | 25.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 5280.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | 500.0 | 6300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALTRATES | 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. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KANOKOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSANE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSYL-2-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-2-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-6-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-6-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-GLYCOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSYL-GLYCOL-DIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KONGOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseborrheic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 19 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antishingles | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antisickling | 3 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisilicotic | 1 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antispasmodic | 25 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisteatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 3 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antisunburn | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyncopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |