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
VALERIANOL	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.
VALERIANOL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANOLIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEROSIDATE	0	Root	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEROSIDATUM	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALEROSIDE-A	0	Rhizome	not available	440.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEROSIDE-A	0	Root	not available	440.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Root	4000.0	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Tissue Culture	380.0	450.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE-ISOVALEROXYHYDRIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	882000.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	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
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