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
Anxiolytic	9	Merck 11th Edition
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	9	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Bacteristat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Bradycardiac	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bruchiphobe	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.