An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Hypoglycemic 7 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 14 Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Ileorelaxant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 9 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 8 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
Inflammatory 1 Duke, 1992 *
Inhalant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Inotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent 2 Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide 7 Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge 24 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.