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
VALERIANOL	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.
VALERIANOL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANOLIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIC-ACID	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERINE	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEROSIDATE	0	Root	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEROSIDATUM	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALEROSIDE-A	0	Rhizome	not available	440.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEROSIDE-A	0	Root	not available	440.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Root	4000.0	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE	2	Tissue Culture	380.0	450.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALTRATE-ISOVALEROXYHYDRIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Root	not available	882000.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Root	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
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 *