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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 60.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1200.0 | 2400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-PACIFIGORGIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 7000.0 | 86000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 37700.0 | 65100.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 85.0 | 1660.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-ACETYL-PYRROLE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-EPIKESSANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 1680.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | 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. |