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
TRIDECA-12-ENE-2-4-6-8-10-PENTAYNE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECEN-(1)-PENTAIN(3,5,7,9,11)	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALDIATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALECHLORIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALECHLORINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALENOL-ISOVALERATE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES	6	Root	1000.0	23600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
VALEPOTRIATES	6	Tissue Culture	not available	103000.0	not available	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
VALEPOTRIATUM	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANAL	0	Leaf	130.0	2590.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
VALERANAL	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	56000.0	101500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	0	Leaf	70.0	1720.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
VALERANONE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	30400.0	67500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VALERANONE	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.