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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRIDECA-12-ENE-2-4-6-8-10-PENTAYNE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11) | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TYROSINE | 8 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALDIATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALECHLORIN | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALECHLORINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Root | 1000.0 | 23600.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALEPOTRIATES | 6 | Tissue Culture | not available | 103000.0 | not available | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANAL | 0 | Leaf | 130.0 | 2590.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| VALERANAL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 56000.0 | 101500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Leaf | 70.0 | 1720.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 30400.0 | 67500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| VALERANONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihysteric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |