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Plant 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.
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
LEDOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 2300.0 25500.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available 165000.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
LIPASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAALI-ALCOHOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAALIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 375.0 3180.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.7 5.6 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTEN-1-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTEN-1-OL-ISOVALERATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Root 3.0 85.0 not available 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
Ancylostomicide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 12 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiADD 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiaflatoxin 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiAGE 2 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95