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
MYRTENYL-ACETATE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-ISOVALERATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-ISOVALERIANATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-10-HYDROXY-ACTINIDINIUM	0	Root	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINIUM	0	Root	not available	300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(BETA-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-(P-HYDROXYPHENETHYL)-ACTINIDINE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
N-BUTYL-VALERATE	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	4.0	24600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-VALERALDEHYDE	1	Leaf	5.0	315.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
N-VALERALDEHYDE	1	Leaf Essent. Oil	2200.0	12300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	6.0	52.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Plant	not available	3000.0	-0.33	Duke, 1992 *
OXYDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXYDASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PACIFIGORGIOL	0	Leaf	16.0	2195.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	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
Antithiamin	2	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69.
Antithrombic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antithyroid	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitinnitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitrichinosic	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitubercular	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	21	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Forestomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Kidney)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *