iso-valerinate, valepotriates and an in ______ doid ester glycoside, valerosidatum.
V) Cyclopentapyrans exhibit sedative, tranquilizing and bacteriocidal properties.
Valtrate and didrovaltrate were cytotoxic to hepatoma cells in culture and inhibited synthesis of DNA and protein in tumor cells.
Root—spasmolytic. Essential oil— antibacterial. (Indian Valerian oils are considered poor as compared to those of V officinalis oils.) The essential oil
from roots contains calarene, betabargamotene, valeranone, ar-curcumene, maalioxide and maalitol. Main acids present are isovaleric acid and (+)-beta-methyl valeric acid.
Valerianajatamansi auct. non Jones, synonyms Nardostachys grandijiora DC. and N. jatamansi DC. is equated with Indian Spikenard, Musk-Root and Jataamaansi.
Dosage Rhizome—l—3 g powder. (API, Vol. I.)
Vallaris solanacea Kuntze
Synonym V heynei Spreng.
V dichotoma (Roxb.) Wall. ex G.
Don.
Family Apocynaceae.
Habitat Throughout India; cultivated in gardens.
Ayurvedic Aasphotaa, Asphuka,
Bhadravalli, Saarivaa-utpala (white var.).
Folk Haapharamaali var. Dudhi-bel (Garhwal).
Action Latex—applied to old
wounds and sores (mildly irritant). Bark—astringent. Seeds—cardiac tonic.
Seeds are rich in cardiac glycosides; contain acoschimperoside P, mono-O -acetylvallaroside, mono- 0- acetylsolanoside, mono-0-acetylaco- schimperoside P, vallaroside, vallarosolanoside, solanoside and 16-deace- tyl-16-anhydroacoschimperoside p. o acetylsolanoside is a potent cardioton ic.
Vanda spathulata Spreng. 695
The seed oil contains palmitic, oleic and linoleic acids. The leaves gave beta-sitosterol, beta-amyrin and ursolic acid.
Vallarisgiabra Kuntze (West Bengal) is also equated with Aasphotaa.
Vallisneria spiralis Linn.
Family Hydrocharitaceae.
Habitat Hydrophyte; throughout India.
