Valerian

Botanical Name:  valeriana officianalis

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distillation

Color: Golden yellow

Perfumery Note: Base

Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong

Aromatic Description: warm spicy woody campherous

Possible Uses: Medical: Nervous tension, insomnia, headaches.

Constituents: Valepotriates (including valtrate and didovaltrate), glycoside (valerosidatum); volatile oil (up to 2%) containing esters of acetic, butyric and isovalerianic acid, giving valerian's characteristic smell; the oil also contains limonene, a sesquiterpene, calerian camphor, alkaloids, chatinine, valerianine, actinidine, and valerine, choline, tannins, resins.
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