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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Leaf | 42.0 | 3900.0 | 1.73 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 18200.0 | 153000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2600.0 | 8400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 112500.0 | 478000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNYL-ACETATE | 2 | Root | 55.0 | 3030.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf | 260.0 | 12190.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| ISOEUGENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENOL-VALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOEUGENYL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERAMIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf | 0.0 | 215.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 8400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | 200000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Testosterone-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Thymoleptic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Thymoprotective | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| TNF-alpha-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor | 3 | Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237. |
| Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor | 2 | Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225. |
| Toxic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Tracheorelaxant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tranquilizer | 8 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90. |
| Transdermal | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tremorigenic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Trichomonicide | 8 | Martindale's 29th |
| Trypsin-Enhancer | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Tumorigenic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170. |
| Ubiquiot | 3 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Ulcerogenic | 2 | HerbalGram No. 20, page 9. |
| Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |