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
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-VALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-VALENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERANIOL	35	Root	1.0	120.0	-1.00	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	15000.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMINE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIAZULENE	6	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIOL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Root	14160.0	120000.0	0.56	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOACEVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMOBALDRINAL	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HOMODEOXYDODIDROVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HOMODIDROVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HOMODIVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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.
HOMOVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYVALERINIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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.
IRON	6	Root	6.0	48.0	-0.37	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
Antinociceptive	6	Rao, V.S.N., Menezes, A.M.S., Viana, G.S.B. 1990. Effect of myrcene on nociception in mice. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 877-878, 1990.
Antinyctalopic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	7	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic	2	Taylor, Leslie. 2005. The Healing Power of Rainforest Herbs. SquareOne Publisher, Garden City Park, NY. 519 pp.
Antiophidic	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiotitic	2	Martindale's 28th
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	26	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant Synergist	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antioxidant?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic	1	Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipellagric	3	Martindale's 28th