Valeriana officinalis Overview Page


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Common Name

Common Valerian; Garden Heliotrope

Taxonomic Classification

Valerianaceae family

Drug Uses

Valerian extract is purported to be an anxiolytic, sedative, CNS depressant and sleep aid. Valerian extracts have also been reported as having anti-spasmodic and NSAID activity.


Chemical Structure: AcevaltrateClinical TrialsMajor Metabolites

Enzyme Information

Enzyme NameEC NoGenbank AccessionGI No
N/AN/AN/AN/A

Entries in Genbank

dbEST/(Kb) dbGSS/(Kb) dbPLN/(Kb) dbHTG/(Kb) Total Entriesa/(Kb)
0
(0kb)		0
(0kb)		34
(30.8kb)		0
(0kb)		34
(30.8kb)

aThe Total Entries column is the sum of the entries from the dbEST, dbGSS, dbPLN, and dbHTG columns. Data retrieved from NCBI on May 14 2010.

Transcript Assemblies

    N/A

    Cloned Genes

    • N/A

    Pubmed Records

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