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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
ASH 0 Root 16874.0 143000.0 2.15 Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE 10 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIANIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIATANNIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BALDRINAL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Leaf Essent. Oil 6200.0 9000.0 -0.22 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Root 2.0 165.0 1.25 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf 6.0 345.0 -0.17 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2500.0 13600.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf 15.0 335.0 0.67 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CUBEBENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 6500.0 13100.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf 4.0 75.0 1.71 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-IONONE 13 Leaf Essent. Oil 1800.0 3000.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *