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
BORNEOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	18200.0	153000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Root	5.0	460.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	4000.0	335900.0	2.42	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	315000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-FORMATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ISOVALERIANATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Leaf	9.0	8565.0	4.28	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Root	65.0	6300.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-BUTYRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-FORMATE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	250.0	9780.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ISOVALERIANATE	0	Root	15.0	300.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	5800.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *

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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 *