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
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIDROVALTRATE	0	Root	25.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	5280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATE	0	Root	500.0	6300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATES	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.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KANOKOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSANE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSYL-2-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-2-OL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-6-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-6-OL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-GLYCOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSYL-GLYCOL-DIACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KONGOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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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
Antiprolactin	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiproliferant	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostaglandin	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antipsoriac	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	5	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th