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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CALCIUM | 28 | Root | 4956.0 | 42000.0 | 3.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | 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. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf | 0.0 | 130.0 | -0.14 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root | 3.0 | 65.0 | -0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAPRONIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | 204000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Root | 88500.0 | 750000.0 | -1.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVACROL | 37 | Root | 10.0 | 195.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVONE | 19 | Root | 80.0 | 1640.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVYL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf | 115.0 | 1300.0 | 0.06 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 51000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Root | 29.0 | 1520.0 | 1.72 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 76000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CATALASE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 5 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Osteolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oviposition-Stimulant | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 1 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Parasympathomimetic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 1 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfume | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 25 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |