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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIDECA-12-ENE-2-4-6-8-10-PENTAYNE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11) | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALDIATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALECHLORIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALECHLORINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Root | 1000.0 | 23600.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Tissue Culture | not available | 103000.0 | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANAL | 0 | Leaf | 130.0 | 2590.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| VALERANAL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 56000.0 | 101500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Leaf | 70.0 | 1720.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 30400.0 | 67500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 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. |