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
VALERANONE	0	Root	555.0	11120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Root	30.0	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENIC-ACID	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENIC-ACID	4	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENOL-HEXANDRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOL-VALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENOLIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOLIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENONIC-ACID	0	Root	190.0	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIADIPYRIDONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANA-PHENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANINE	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
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	3	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	13	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-97.
Encephalopathic	1	Martindale's 29th
Energizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Enterocontractant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant	2	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Ergogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	5	Duke, 1992 *