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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Leaf | 42.0 | 3900.0 | 1.73 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 18200.0 | 153000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2600.0 | 8400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 112500.0 | 478000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNYL-ACETATE | 2 | Root | 55.0 | 3030.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf | 260.0 | 12190.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| ISOEUGENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL-VALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 215.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | 200000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypoglycemic | 7 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotriglyceridemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| IKK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ileorelaxant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 9 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 8 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Immunosuppressant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Inflammatory | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inhalant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insect-Repellent | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insectifuge | 24 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Insectiphile | 2 | J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986. |