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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	not available	83000.0	3.58	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOLYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-VALERATE	0	Leaf	4.0	565.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PENTYL-VALERATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	1800.0	22200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	39.0	330.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1215.0	10300.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	10148.0	86000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Root	not available	30000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.1	1.2	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	3.0	345.0	-0.04	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
SABINENE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	1200.0	13600.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Plant	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.5	4.4	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	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
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 *