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Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antipeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperoxidant 4 Planta Medica, 57: A54, 1991.
Antipharyngitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiphenylketonuric 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiphotophobic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antipityriasic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiplaque 7 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
Antiplasmodial 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipolio 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antipoliomyelitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiporphyric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiprogestational 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.