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
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
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.