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
(-)-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 *

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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
Copper-Antagonist	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Copper-Chelator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Coronary-Dilator	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Corrosive	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	3	Martindale's 29th
COX-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cytoprotective	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.
Cytotoxic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Decongestant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice	2	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressant	1	Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.