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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 60.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1200.0 | 2400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-PACIFIGORGIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 7000.0 | 86000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 37700.0 | 65100.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 85.0 | 1660.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-ACETYL-PYRROLE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-EPIKESSANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 1680.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Preservative | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Proliferant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 3 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |
| Protisticide | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| PTK-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Quinone-Reductase-Inducer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Roborant | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |