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Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |