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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf 3.0 60.0 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1200.0 2400.0 *
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Root *
(-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root *
(-)-PACIFIGORGIOL 0 Essential Oil 7000.0 86000.0 *
(S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 37700.0 65100.0 -0.48 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 85.0 1660.0 -0.32 *
1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE 0 Root *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE 0 Root *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE 0 Plant *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE 0 Root *
8-EPIKESSANOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root *
ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM 0 Plant *
ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID 0 Root *
ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID 0 Root 10.0 1680.0 *
ACETOXYVALTRATE 0 Rhizome *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hemopoietic 1 *
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 10 *
Hepatoregenerative 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.
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 1 *
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 7 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 1 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 1 Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.