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Plant 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
BETA-METHYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-METHYL-VALERIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf 2.0 210.0 -0.32 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Leaf Essent. Oil 900.0 8200.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf not available 35.0 -0.38 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1400.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 12.0 1100.0 1.19 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 5400.0 43000.0 1.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root 50.0 960.0 0.41 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root Essent. Oil not available 48000.0 -0.54 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Plant not available not available not available Lokar, L. C., Martini, F. 1997. Chemotaxonomic Investigations on the Genus Valeriana L. in the Northeastern Italy and in Tuscany. I. Phytosterols. Dept. of Biology, University of Trieste. Allionia 35: 103-115.
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL-STEARATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VALENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VALENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Leaf 5.0 3900.0 4.35 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
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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
Hemopoietic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.