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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Root | 16874.0 | 143000.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENE | 10 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRIANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRIATANNIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRINAL | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6200.0 | 9000.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Root | 2.0 | 165.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 6.0 | 345.0 | -0.17 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2500.0 | 13600.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | 15.0 | 335.0 | 0.67 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6500.0 | 13100.0 | 1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf | 4.0 | 75.0 | 1.71 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1800.0 | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 * |