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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEDOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2300.0 | 25500.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | 165000.0 | 2.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIPASE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAALI-ALCOHOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAALIOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 375.0 | 3180.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 0.7 | 5.6 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTEN-1-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTEN-1-OL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Root | 3.0 | 85.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | 25 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Serotoninergic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Sialogogue | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Soap | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Spasmogenic | 5 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Spermicide | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Spermigenic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Sprout-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication. |
| Stomachic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Succinoxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Sunscreen | 3 | Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993. |
| Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sweetener | 2 | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| Taenicide | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Teratologic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termiticide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Termitifuge | 2 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
| Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |