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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-BETA-BISABOLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-EREMOPHILENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-GAMMA-CADINENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (+)-MAALIOXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| (-)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| (-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-ALPHA-PINENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-AR-CURCUMENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BETA-ELEMENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BETA-PINENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BORNEOL | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BORNEOL | 3 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CAMPHENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Urinary-Antiseptic | 1 | 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. |
| Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Uterotrophic | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999. |
| Varroacide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vasodilator | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VEGF-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermicide | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vermifuge | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Verrucolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Vulnerary | 5 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 3 | Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772. |