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

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
ISOVALERIC-ACID	5	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIDROVALTRATE	0	Root	25.0	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALEROXY-HYDROXY-DIHYDROVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATE	0	Rhizome	not available	5280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATE	0	Root	500.0	6300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALTRATES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KANOKOSIDES	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSANE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSYL-2-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-2-OL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-6-OL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-6-OL-ACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KESSYL-GLYCOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
KESSYL-GLYCOL-DIACETATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KONGOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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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.