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
ACETOXYVALTRATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACEVALTRATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACEVALTRATE	1	Root	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACEVALTRATE	1	Tissue Culture	100.0	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACTINIDINE	4	Rhizome	not available	1.8	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACTINIDINE	4	Root	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Root	500.0	2000.0	-0.82	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Leaf Essent. Oil	not available	9700.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Root	0.0	195.0	not available	Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations.
ALLO-AROMADENDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ELAEOSTEARIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	446000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-FENCHENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KERZYLALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-KESSYL-ALCOHOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-METHYL-2-PYRROLYL-KETONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.

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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 *