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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
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf 3.0 60.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 1200.0 2400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-MYRTENOL-ISOVALERATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-PACIFIGORGIOL 0 Essential Oil 7000.0 86000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(S)-(-)-ACTINIDINE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOL 0 Leaf Essent. Oil 37700.0 65100.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 85.0 1660.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
1-ALPHA-ACEVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ACETYL-PYRROLE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
7-BETA-ACEVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
7-EPIDEACETYLISOVALTRATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
8-EPIKESSANOL 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
ACETIC-ACID 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXY-VALEPOTRIATUM 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALERENIC-ACID 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALERENOIC-ACID 0 Root 10.0 1680.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ACETOXYVALTRATE 0 Rhizome 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
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue 6 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility 3 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 5 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.