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Plant 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.
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
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf 3.0 60.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1200.0 2400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PACIFIGORGIOL 0 Essential Oil 7000.0 86000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 37700.0 65100.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 85.0 1660.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-EPIKESSANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID 0 Root 10.0 1680.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALTRATE 0 Rhizome 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
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic 19 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonin 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antisickling 3 Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990.
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antisinusitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 25 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antisteatotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antistress 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antistroke 3 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
Antisunburn 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyncopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisyndrome-X 6 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