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
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
Antiimpotence	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfarctal	1	Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp.
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	25	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac	5	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	3	Martindale's 28th
Antileprotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antilethargic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *