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

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CATALASE 1 Root *
CHATINENE 0 Root *
CHATININE 0 Leaf *
CHATININE 0 Root *
CHLOROGENIC-ACID 77 Root 7300.0 0.90 *
CHOLESTERIL-N-VALERATE 0 Plant 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.
CHOLESTEROL 1 Plant 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.
CHOLINE 20 Leaf 52000.0 58000.0 3.08 *
CHOLINE 20 Root 3540.0 30000.0 3.14 *
CHOLINE 20 Stem 30000.0 *
CHROMIUM 24 Root 0.2 1.8 -0.20 *
CIS-VALERENOL-ACETATE 0 Root *
CIS-VALERENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root *
CITRONELLOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf 36.0 460.0 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
CITRONELLOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 15900.0 18000.0 *
COBALT 2 Root 0.6 4.8 -0.44 *
CRYPTOFAURONOL 0 Root *
CYCLOARTENOL 7 Plant 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.
D-LIMONENE 19 Leaf 125.0 1400.0 *
D-LIMONENE 19 Leaf Essent. Oil 55000.0 -1.00 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 4 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 5 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 13 *
Allelochemic 6 *
Allelopathic 4 *
Allergenic 17 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analeptic 2 *
Analgesic 12 *