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
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.