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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BETA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anxiolytic 9 Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 *
Aphidifuge 1 *
Aphrodisiac 1 *
Apoptotic 9 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 2 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Asthma-preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent 2 Merck 11th Edition
Ataxigenic 1 Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Autotoxic 1 *
Bacteristat 2 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 2 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bruchiphobe 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.