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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |