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
ASH	0	Root	16874.0	143000.0	2.15	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AZULENE	10	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIANIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BALDRIATANNIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BALDRINAL	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Leaf Essent. Oil	6200.0	9000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Root	2.0	165.0	1.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf	6.0	345.0	-0.17	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	2500.0	13600.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Leaf	15.0	335.0	0.67	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-CUBEBENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	6500.0	13100.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf	4.0	75.0	1.71	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
BETA-IONONE	13	Leaf Essent. Oil	1800.0	3000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-IONONE	13	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.