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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALPHA-METHYL-KETONE-PYRROLE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf | 2.0 | 6095.0 | 0.17 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1000.0 | 239100.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root | 1.0 | 500.0 | -0.54 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | 25000.0 | -0.96 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf | not available | 15.0 | -0.30 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-TERPINENE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 600.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf | 22.0 | 1925.0 | 2.79 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 9500.0 | 75400.0 | 0.66 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Root | 95.0 | 2365.0 | 2.00 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| ALPHA-TERPINEOL | 23 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL | 32 | Flower | not available | 221.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-VALENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALUMINUM | 5 | Root | 50.0 | 422.0 | -0.09 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ANHYDROVALENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AR-CURCUMENE | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ARGININE | 14 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASCORBIC-ACID | 112 | Root | not available | 0.0 | -0.65 | 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. |