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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
(+)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root 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 *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant 8 *
Antiproliferative 1 *
Antiprostaglandin 4 *
Antiprostanoid 1 *
Antiprostatadenomic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic 6 *
Antipsoriac 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic 5 *
Antiradicular 10 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's 4 *
Antiretardation 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinopathic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic 2 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 9 *
Antirhinitic 2 *
Antirhinoviral 2 Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella 5 *
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th