Chemical VALERIC-ACID | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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VALERICACID

Ubiquitous

List of known dosages
Dosage	Reference
LD50=500 (orl rat)
LD50=1,290 (ivn mus)	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.

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List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Dosage	Reference
Antihysteric	not available	Martindale's 28th
Antiinsomniac	1.2-2.4	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	FEMA 1-8	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Hypotensive	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Perfumery	not available	Merck 11th Edition
Sedative	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of chemical plants.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Plant Name	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
Apium graveolens	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Camellia sinensis	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Capsicum frutescens	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Croton tiglium	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ferula assa-foetida	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Ipomoea purga	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Lavandula angustifolia	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Mentha spicata	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
Monarda fistulosa	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Guenther, E., The Essential Oils, 6 volumes, D. van Nostrand, New York, 1948-1952.
Morus alba	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ocimum basilicum	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ocimum gratissimum	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
Persea americana	Fruit	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.
Pinus sylvestris	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Tagetes minuta	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Theobroma cacao	Seed	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
Valeriana officinalis	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Viburnum opulus	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Viburnum prunifolium	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Viburnum prunifolium	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *