Kessyl glycol

A 30% ethanol extract of the Japanese valerian root ( Hokkai-Kisso ) extract (4.1 g/kg and 5.7 g/kg) and imipramine (20 mg/kg) also demonstrated statistically significant antidepressant effects compared to placebo as measured by the forced swimming test in rats (26). As in the Oshima study, kessyl glycol diacetate exhibited no antidepressant activity in the forced swimming test. Because the forced swimming test can be affected by stimulants, anticholinergics, and antihistamines as well as antidepressants, the effect of the valerian extract on reserpine-induced hypothermia, a test for antidepressant activity and inhibition of neuronal reuptake of monoamines, was measured. Both valerian (11.2 g/kg) and imipramine (20 mg/kg) reversed reserpine-induced hypothermia, suggesting that the antidepressant effect of valerian is caused by reuptake of monoamine neurotransmitters, as with conventional antidepressants. 

ITO, S., M. Kodama, T. Nozoe, H. Hikino, Y. Hikino, Y. Takeshita, and T. Take-MOTO Structures of a-Kessyl Alcohol and Kessyl Glycol. Tetrahedron Letters 1963, 1787. 

Kanamycin A, C3 Kasugamycin, C3 Kaurane, T35 Kaurene, T33 Kawain, Y4 a-kessyl alcohol, T25 a-kessyl glycol, T25 Ketohakonanol, T45 Ketohexoses, C2 Ketopentoses, C2 Ketoses, C2 Ketotetroses, C2 Khellactones, Yl Khivorin, T51 Khusimol, T27 Kidamycin, Cl ... 

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