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Plant 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.
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
VALERANONE 0 Root 555.0 11120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL 0 Root 30.0 4000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENAL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENIC-ACID 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENIC-ACID 4 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENOL-HEXANDRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOL-VALERATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOLIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENOLIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENOLIC-ACID 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENONE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERENONE 2 Root not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
VALERENONIC-ACID 0 Root 190.0 1400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIADIPYRIDONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANA-PHENOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALERIANINE 0 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
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiabetic 12 Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 2 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 5 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *