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
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
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.