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
(-)-LIMONENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL	0	Leaf	3.0	60.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
(-)-MYRTENOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	1200.0	2400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PACIFIGORGIOL	0	Essential Oil	7000.0	86000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	37700.0	65100.0	-0.48	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	85.0	1660.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-EPIKESSANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACETIC-ACID	16	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID	0	Root	10.0	1680.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	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
Insulinogenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Interferonogenic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant	14	Duke, 1992 *
JNK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratitigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Larvicide	2	Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Laxative	5	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative?	1	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Sep-91.
Leptingenic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	7	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Martindale's 28th