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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASH | 0 | Root | 16874.0 | 143000.0 | 2.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARAGINE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ASPARTIC-ACID | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| AZULENE | 10 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRIANIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRIATANNIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BALDRINAL | 3 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6200.0 | 9000.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-BISABOLENE | 6 | Root | 2.0 | 165.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CAROTENE | 53 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf | 6.0 | 345.0 | -0.17 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2500.0 | 13600.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf | 15.0 | 335.0 | 0.67 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-CUBEBENE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 6500.0 | 13100.0 | 1.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-ELEMENE | 5 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf | 4.0 | 75.0 | 1.71 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1800.0 | 3000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-IONONE | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Skin) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 8 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 9 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticephalagic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticerebrotic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticholinesterase | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Antichoreic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |