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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.
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
LEDOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil 2300.0 25500.0 -0.57 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available 165000.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
LIPASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN 78 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAALI-ALCOHOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAALIOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Root 375.0 3180.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
MALIC-ACID 15 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE 14 Root 0.7 5.6 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE 22 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTEN-1-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTEN-1-OL-ISOVALERATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENOL 2 Root 3.0 85.0 not available 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
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasphyctic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 29 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 Duke, 1992 *