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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antitumor (Lung) | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Ovary) | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Pancreas) | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Prostate) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Skin) | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor (Stomach) | 4 | Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46. |
| Antitumor (Thyroid) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antitumor-Promoter | 6 | Cancer Research, 48: 5941. |
| Antitussive | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiulcer | 17 | Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992). |
| Antiulcerogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaginitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |