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
ACETOXYVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACEVALTRATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACEVALTRATE	1	Root	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACEVALTRATE	1	Tissue Culture	100.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACTINIDINE	4	Rhizome	not available	1.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACTINIDINE	4	Root	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	500.0	2000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9700.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Root	0.0	195.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	446000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KERZYLALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-METHYL-2-PYRROLYL-KETONE	0	Plant	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.

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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
Choleretic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cholinergic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	4	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Inhibitor	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.
CNS-Stimulant	5	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	2	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *