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
(+)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL	3	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	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
Antimetastatic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine	4	Martindale's 29th
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimorphinic	1	Martindale's 28th
AntiMS	3	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antimutagenic	11	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic	7	Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosic	1	Martindale's 28th