Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL	3	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	3	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	13	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	12	Duke, 1992 *