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
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	not available	83000.0	3.58	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOLYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PENTYL-VALERATE	0	Leaf	4.0	565.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PENTYL-VALERATE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	1800.0	22200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	39.0	330.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Root	1215.0	10300.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Root	10148.0	86000.0	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RAFFINOSE	1	Root	not available	30000.0	-0.60	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Root	0.1	1.2	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Leaf	3.0	345.0	-0.04	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
SABINENE	5	Leaf Essent. Oil	1200.0	13600.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
SACCHAROSE	0	Plant	not available	50000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Root	0.5	4.4	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
SERINE	1	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.