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Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-BETA-BISABOLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-EREMOPHILENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-MAALIOXIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
(-)-ALLOAROMADENDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-FENCHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-ALPHA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-AR-CURCUMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-ELEMENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BETA-PINENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL 3 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ACETATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-BORNEOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CAMPHENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Root Essent. Oil 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
Anticirrhotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 6 Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 5 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 Duke, 1992 *