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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ISOBORNEOL 7 Leaf 42.0 3900.0 1.73 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ISOBORNEOL 7 Leaf Essent. Oil 18200.0 153000.0 1.00 *
ISOBORNEOL 7 Root Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
ISOBORNEOL 7 Root Essent. Oil *
ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 2600.0 8400.0 *
ISOBORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 112500.0 478000.0 *
ISOBORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ISOBORNYL-ACETATE 2 Root 55.0 3030.0 *
ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf 260.0 12190.0 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ISOBORNYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
ISOEUGENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ISOEUGENOL-VALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
ISOEUGENYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Rhizome *
ISOVALERAMIDE 0 Root *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Leaf 0.0 215.0 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 8400.0 *
ISOVALERIANIC-ACID 0 Root 200000.0 *
ISOVALERIC-ACID 5 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Osteolytic 1 *
Oviposition-Stimulant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 1 Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 *
P450-Inducer 5 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PAF-Inhibitor 1 *
Parasympathomimetic 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Pediculicide 1 *
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfume 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery 25 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 1 *
Pesticide 46 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).