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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATALASE | 1 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHATINENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHATININE | 0 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHATININE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHLOROGENIC-ACID | 77 | Root | not available | 7300.0 | 0.90 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLESTERIL-N-VALERATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lokar, L. C., Martini, F. 1997. Chemotaxonomic Investigations on the Genus Valeriana L. in the Northeastern Italy and in Tuscany. I. Phytosterols. Dept. of Biology, University of Trieste. Allionia 35: 103-115. |
| CHOLESTEROL | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lokar, L. C., Martini, F. 1997. Chemotaxonomic Investigations on the Genus Valeriana L. in the Northeastern Italy and in Tuscany. I. Phytosterols. Dept. of Biology, University of Trieste. Allionia 35: 103-115. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Leaf | 52000.0 | 58000.0 | 3.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Root | 3540.0 | 30000.0 | 3.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Stem | not available | 30000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Root | 0.2 | 1.8 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-VALERENOL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-VALERENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf | 36.0 | 460.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| CITRONELLOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 15900.0 | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Root | 0.6 | 4.8 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CRYPTOFAURONOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CYCLOARTENOL | 7 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Lokar, L. C., Martini, F. 1997. Chemotaxonomic Investigations on the Genus Valeriana L. in the Northeastern Italy and in Tuscany. I. Phytosterols. Dept. of Biology, University of Trieste. Allionia 35: 103-115. |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Leaf | 125.0 | 1400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-LIMONENE | 19 | Leaf Essent. Oil | not available | 55000.0 | -1.00 | 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. |