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
BORNEOL	35	Leaf Essent. Oil	18200.0	153000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Root	5.0	460.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	4000.0	335900.0	2.42	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	315000.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-FORMATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL-ISOVALERIANATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Leaf	9.0	8565.0	4.28	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ACETATE	12	Root	65.0	6300.0	1.73	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-BUTYRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-FORMATE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	250.0	9780.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BORNYL-ISOVALERIANATE	0	Root	15.0	300.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Root	not available	5800.0	1.57	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Lung)	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	4	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 (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	6	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	17	Yamahara, J., et al. Stomachic principles in ginger. II. Pungent and anti-ulcer effects of low polar constituents isolated from ginger, the dried rhizoma of... Yakugaku Zasshi 112: 645-655 (1992).
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	15	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *