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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
ERGNOPHYLINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL-VALERATE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ACETATE 6 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root not available not available not available 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.
FAT 0 Root 2714.0 23000.0 0.00 Duke, 1992 *
FAURINOL 0 Root not available not available not available 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.
FAURINONE 0 Root 105.0 2080.0 not available 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.
FIBER 15 Root not available 79000.0 -0.20 Pedersen, M. 1987. Nutritional Herbology. Pederson Publishing. Bountiful, Utah. 377 pp.
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Root not available 79000.0 -0.95 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Root not available 423000.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
FORMIC-ACID 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Root not available 9000.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
GABA 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CADINENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-LINOLENIC-ACID 20 Plant not available 62000.0 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 *