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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |