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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SILICON | 4 | Root | 0.1 | 0.9 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SKYANTHINE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Root | 27.0 | 230.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SQUALENE | 10 | 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. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | 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. |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | 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. |
| STIGMASTEROL-ACETATE | 0 | 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. |
| TANNINS | 0 | Root | 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. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | 7.0 | 235.0 | 0.07 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 3100.0 | 9200.0 | 0.10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Root | 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. |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Root | not available | 1.6 | -0.45 | Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp. |
| THIAMINE | 0 | Root | 0.2 | 1.6 | -0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THYMOL | 71 | Root | 3.0 | 860.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TIN | 4 | Root | 3.3 | 28.0 | 1.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-VALERENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-VALERENOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRANS-VALERENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | 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. |