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
BETA-METHYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-METHYL-VALERIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Leaf	2.0	210.0	-0.32	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	900.0	8200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Leaf	not available	35.0	-0.38	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1400.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	12.0	1100.0	1.19	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	5400.0	43000.0	1.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Root	50.0	960.0	0.41	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Root Essent. Oil	not available	48000.0	-0.54	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Lokar, L. C., Martini, F. 1997. Chemotaxonomic Investigations on the Genus Valeriana L. in the Northeastern Italy and in Tuscany. I. Phytosterols. Dept. of Biology, University of Trieste. Allionia 35: 103-115.
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-STEARATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VALENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Leaf	5.0	3900.0	4.35	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.

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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 *