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Plant Valeriana officinalis (Valerianaceae)

Common Names
Valerian; Common Valerian; Garden-Heliotrope
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antigastritic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigenotoxic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antigout 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihalitosic 2 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiheartburn 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihelicobacter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihemolytic 2 Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994.
Antihemorrhagic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th