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
LEDOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf Essent. Oil	2300.0	25500.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Plant	not available	165000.0	2.00	Duke, 1992 *
LIPASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAALI-ALCOHOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAALIOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	375.0	3180.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID	15	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	0.7	5.6	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTEN-1-OL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTEN-1-OL-ISOVALERATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL	2	Root	3.0	85.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.

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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