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
DEACETYLISOLAVTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	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.
DELTA-BISABOLENE	0	Root	8.0	150.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
DELTA-CADINENE	9	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-VALENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEOXYDODIDROVALTRATE	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.
DIDROVALTRATE	0	Root	50.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIDROVALTRATE	0	Tissue Culture	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROVALEPOTRIATUM	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROVALTRATE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Leaf	3.0	36.0	-1.05	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ELEMOL	2	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	1400.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	2300.0	28000.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	590.0	20000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	5000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EREMOPHILENE	0	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
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.