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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
SILICON 4 Root 0.1 0.9 -0.34 *
SKYANTHINE 0 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
SODIUM 1 Root 27.0 230.0 -0.41 *
SQUALENE 10 Plant 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.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Root *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Plant 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.
STIGMASTEROL 12 Plant 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.
STIGMASTEROL-ACETATE 0 Plant 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.
TANNINS 0 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 7.0 235.0 0.07 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf Essent. Oil 3100.0 9200.0 0.10 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Root Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
TERPINOLENE 9 Root Essent. Oil *
THIAMIN 31 Root 1.6 -0.45 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
THIAMINE 0 Root 0.2 1.6 -0.54 *
THYMOL 71 Root 3.0 860.0 *
TIN 4 Root 3.3 28.0 1.17 *
TRANS-VALERENOL 0 Root *
TRANS-VALERENOL-ACETATE 0 Root *
TRANS-VALERENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiarteriosclerotic 2 *
Antiarthritic 12 *
Antiasphyctic 1 *
Antiasthmatic 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic 2 *
Antiatherosclerotic 12 *
Antibacillary 1 *
Antibackache 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial 29 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi 1 *
AntiBPH 1 *
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 *
Anticancer (Breast) 2 *
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 1 *
Anticancer (Forestomach) 1 *
Anticancer (Gastric) 1 *
Anticancer (Liver) 1 *
Anticancer (Lung) 1 *