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
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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Testosterone-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoleptic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor	3	Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	2	Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Tracheorelaxant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	8	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal	5	Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic	1	Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide	8	Martindale's 29th
Trypsin-Enhancer	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	2	HerbalGram No. 20, page 9.
Uricosuric	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.