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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Root *
MYRTENYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Rhizome *
MYRTENYL-ISOVALERIANATE 0 Root *
N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-10-HYDROXY-ACTINIDINIUM 0 Root 10.0 *
N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINIUM 0 Root 300.0 *
N-(BETA-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINE 0 Plant *
N-(P-HYDROXYPHENETHYL)-ACTINIDINE 1 Root Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
N-BUTYL-VALERATE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil 4.0 24600.0 *
N-VALERALDEHYDE 1 Leaf 5.0 315.0 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
N-VALERALDEHYDE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil 2200.0 12300.0 *
NIACIN 39 Root 6.0 52.0 0.05 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant 3000.0 -0.33 *
OXYDASE 0 Plant *
OXYDASE 0 Root *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant *
P-CYMENE 16 Root *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil *
P-CYMOL 0 Root *
PACIFIGORGIOL 0 Leaf 16.0 2195.0 Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 *
Anticariogenic 8 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 4 *
Anticerebrotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 *
AntiCFS 3 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinesterase 4 *
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Antichoreic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.