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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATALASE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHATINENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHATININE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHATININE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | 7300.0 | 0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLESTERIL-N-VALERATE | 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. |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | 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. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Leaf | 52000.0 | 58000.0 | 3.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Root | 3540.0 | 30000.0 | 3.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Stem | not available | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.2 | 1.8 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-VALERENOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-VALERENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf | 36.0 | 460.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CITRONELLOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 15900.0 | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 0.6 | 4.8 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOFAURONOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | 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. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Leaf | 125.0 | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 55000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Mucolytic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Musculotropic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mutagenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 9 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nematicide | 12 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Neoplastic | 1 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NEP-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neurotoxic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Neurotransmitter | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |