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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.
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
MYRTENYL-ACETATE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-ISOVALERATE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRTENYL-ISOVALERIANATE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-10-HYDROXY-ACTINIDINIUM 0 Root not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(2-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINIUM 0 Root not available 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(BETA-(P-HYDROXYPHENYL)-ETHYL)-ACTINIDINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-(P-HYDROXYPHENETHYL)-ACTINIDINE 1 Root not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
N-BUTYL-VALERATE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil 4.0 24600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-VALERALDEHYDE 1 Leaf 5.0 315.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
N-VALERALDEHYDE 1 Leaf Essent. Oil 2200.0 12300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Root 6.0 52.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available 3000.0 -0.33 Duke, 1992 *
OXYDASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OXYDASE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PACIFIGORGIOL 0 Leaf 16.0 2195.0 not available Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant 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
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotoxic 7 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 6 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihomocysteine 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihydrophobic 1 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihysteric 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiichythyotic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiimplantation 1 Duke, 1992 *