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
VALERANONE	0	Root	555.0	11120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Root	30.0	4000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENIC-ACID	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENIC-ACID	4	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENOL-HEXANDRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOL-VALERATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOLIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENOLIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOLIC-ACID	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERENONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENONIC-ACID	0	Root	190.0	1400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIADIPYRIDONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANA-PHENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANINE	0	Root	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
Secretogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	25	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sialogogue	1	Martindale's 29th
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	5	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide	2	Martindale's 28th
Spermigenic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor	1	Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stomachic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Succinoxidase-Inhibitor	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sunscreen	3	Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Suppository	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Taenicide	1	Martindale's 28th
Teratologic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *