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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ERGNOPHYLINE 0 Root *
EUDESMOL 0 Root *
EUGENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil *
EUGENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
EUGENOL-VALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
EUGENYL-ACETATE 6 Root *
EUGENYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
FAT 0 Root 2714.0 23000.0 0.00 *
FAURINOL 0 Root Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
FAURINONE 0 Root 105.0 2080.0 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
FIBER 15 Root 79000.0 -0.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root 79000.0 -0.95 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root 423000.0 0.27 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Root *
FRUCTOSE 8 Root 9000.0 -0.46 *
GABA 22 Root *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Rhizome *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Root *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Root *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Plant 62000.0 *
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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 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 4 *
Culicide 1 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 4 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 3 *
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 *
Decongestant 1 *
Degranulant 1 *
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.