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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
ASH 0 Root 16874.0 143000.0 2.15 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIANIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIATANNIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRINAL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil 6200.0 9000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root 2.0 165.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 6.0 345.0 -0.17 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2500.0 13600.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf 15.0 335.0 0.67 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 6500.0 13100.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 4.0 75.0 1.71 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 1800.0 3000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *