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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 60.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1200.0 | 2400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-PACIFIGORGIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 7000.0 | 86000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 37700.0 | 65100.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 85.0 | 1660.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-ACETYL-PYRROLE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-EPIKESSANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 1680.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Dermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 3 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DNA-Active | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| DNA-Protective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Embryotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97. |
| Encephalopathic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 2 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterotoxic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |