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
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIDROVALTRATE	0	Root	25.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	5280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATE	0	Root	500.0	6300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KANOKOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSANE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSYL-2-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-2-OL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-6-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-6-OL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-GLYCOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSYL-GLYCOL-DIACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KONGOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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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
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.