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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEACETYLISOLAVTRATE | 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. |
| DELTA-BISABOLENE | 0 | Root | 8.0 | 150.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| DELTA-CADINENE | 9 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-VALENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DEOXYDODIDROVALTRATE | 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. |
| DIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | 50.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Tissue Culture | not available | 40.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROVALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROVALTRATE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Leaf | 3.0 | 36.0 | -1.05 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 1400.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ELEMOL | 2 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Leaf | 2300.0 | 28000.0 | 1.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root | 590.0 | 20000.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EREMOPHILENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EREMOPHILENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |