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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	not available	83000.0	3.58	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOLYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-VALERATE	0	Leaf	4.0	565.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PENTYL-VALERATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	1800.0	22200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	39.0	330.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1215.0	10300.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	10148.0	86000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Root	not available	30000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.1	1.2	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	3.0	345.0	-0.04	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
SABINENE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	1200.0	13600.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Plant	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.5	4.4	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	Rhizome	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
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic	1	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.
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterotrophic	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	11	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	1	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	3	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.