An official website of the United States government.
Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-LIMONENE | 0 | Root Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf | 3.0 | 60.0 | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 1200.0 | 2400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (-)-PACIFIGORGIOL | 0 | Essential Oil | 7000.0 | 86000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| (S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 0 | Leaf Essent. Oil | 37700.0 | 65100.0 | -0.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Leaf | 85.0 | 1660.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-ACETYL-PYRROLE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| 7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-EPIKESSANOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991. |
| ACETIC-ACID | 16 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | 10.0 | 1680.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETOXYVALTRATE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium-Antagonist | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calcium-Channel-Blocker | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Calmodulin-Antagonist | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cancer-Preventive | 28 | Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp. |
| Candidicide | 10 | Martindale's 28th |
| Candidistat | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Capillariprotective | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Carcinogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiodepressant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiomyopathogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Cardioprotective | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cardiovascular | 2 | Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006. |
| Carminative | 3 | Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994. |
| Caspase-8-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Catabolic | 2 | Tramil |
| Cerebrotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Chemopreventive | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cholagogue | 2 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |