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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIDECA-12-ENE-2-4-6-8-10-PENTAYNE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11) | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALDIATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALECHLORIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALECHLORINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Root | 1000.0 | 23600.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Tissue Culture | not available | 103000.0 | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANAL | 0 | Leaf | 130.0 | 2590.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| VALERANAL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 56000.0 | 101500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Leaf | 70.0 | 1720.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 30400.0 | 67500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiaggregant | 9 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 7 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 9 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antialzheimeran | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 3 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiangiogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarrhythmic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |