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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-VALENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-VALENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERANIOL | 35 | Root | 1.0 | 120.0 | -1.00 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Root | not available | 15000.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMINE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMINE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIAZULENE | 6 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUAIOL | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GUM | 0 | Root | 14160.0 | 120000.0 | 0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | 300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMOBALDRINAL | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HOMODEOXYDODIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HOMODIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| HOMODIVALTRATE | 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. |
| HOMOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HYDROXYVALERINIC-ACID | 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. |
| IRON | 6 | Root | 6.0 | 48.0 | -0.37 | 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. |