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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEDOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 2300.0 | 25500.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Plant | not available | 165000.0 | 2.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIPASE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAALI-ALCOHOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAALIOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Root | 375.0 | 3180.0 | 0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MALIC-ACID | 15 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Root | 0.7 | 5.6 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTEN-1-OL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTEN-1-OL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Root | 3.0 | 85.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidermatic | 1 | Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 12 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiabetic? | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiuretic | 1 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92. |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antieczemic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 5 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antielastase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |