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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOVALERIC-ACID | 5 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALEROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | 25.0 | 1000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 5280.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | 500.0 | 6300.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOVALTRATES | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KANOKOSIDES | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSANE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSYL-2-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-2-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-6-OL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-6-OL-ACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KESSYL-GLYCOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| KESSYL-GLYCOL-DIACETATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KONGOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 3 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigranular | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 2 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihelicobacter | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 2 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |