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
(+)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PINENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL	3	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	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
Phospholipase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Preservative	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Proliferant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer	1	Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthetase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	3	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide	2	Martindale's 29th
PTK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient	1	Martindale's 29th