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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACETOXYVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACEVALTRATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACEVALTRATE | 1 | Root | not available | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACEVALTRATE | 1 | Tissue Culture | 100.0 | 120.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACTINIDINE | 4 | Rhizome | not available | 1.8 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACTINIDINE | 4 | Root | not available | 0.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALKALOIDS | 0 | Root | 500.0 | 2000.0 | -0.82 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 9700.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Root | 0.0 | 195.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALLO-AROMADENDRENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | 446000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-FENCHENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KERZYLALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-METHYL-2-PYRROLYL-KETONE | 0 | Plant | 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anxiolytic | 9 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AP-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphidifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 2 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 2 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Ascaricide | 1 | Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus. |
| Asthma-preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Astringent | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Ataxigenic | 1 | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Autotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bacteristat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bradycardiac | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Bronchoprotectant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Bruchiphobe | 1 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |