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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRIDECA-12-ENE-2-4-6-8-10-PENTAYNE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11) 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALDIATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALECHLORIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALECHLORINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALENOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES 6 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES 6 Root 1000.0 23600.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES 6 Tissue Culture not available 103000.0 not available Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
VALEPOTRIATUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERANAL 0 Leaf 130.0 2590.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
VALERANAL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 56000.0 101500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERANINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE 0 Leaf 70.0 1720.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
VALERANONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 30400.0 67500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antileukotriene 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 8 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).