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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Root | 16874.0 | 143000.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENE | 10 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRIANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRIATANNIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRINAL | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6200.0 | 9000.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Root | 2.0 | 165.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 6.0 | 345.0 | -0.17 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2500.0 | 13600.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | 15.0 | 335.0 | 0.67 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6500.0 | 13100.0 | 1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf | 4.0 | 75.0 | 1.71 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1800.0 | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 |