| Family |
Valerianaceae |
| Scientific name |
Valeriana fauriei Briquet |
| Synonyms |
Valeriana coreana Briquet; Valeriana fauriei Briquet forma coreana (Briquet)
H. Hara; Valeriana fauriei Briquet forma yezoensis (Kudô) H. Hara; Valeriana
officinalis auct., non L.; Valeriana officinalis L. forma yezoensis Kudô;
Valeriana sambucifolia Mikan var. fauriei (Briquet) H. Hara |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) kanoko-sou (カノコソウ, 鹿子草 [meaning: dappled weed]), ezo-kanoko-sou (エゾカノコソウ, 蝦夷鹿子草 [meaning: Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido]), haru-ominaeshi (ハルオミナエシ, 春女郎花 [meaning: Spring ominaeshi (ominaeshi = Patrinia scabiosifolia Fischer ex Link)] |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan |
| Habitat |
Mountane wet field |
| Chromosomal number |
unknown |
| Description |
Plants electing 40-80cm tall. Flowers white or pale pink corolla 5-7mm long, flowering in May to June. Fruits ca. 4mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Valeriana fauriei Briq. |
| Valeriana fauriei Briq. |
| Valeriana officinalis L. |
| Antidepressant Principles of Valeriana fauriei Roots |
| Detergent composition containing a quaternary ammonium cationic surfactant and a carboxylate anionic surfactant (US Patent 4919846/1990) |
| Hair dyeing by iridoid glycosides and aglycons thereof (US Patent 5078750/1992) |
| Patch (US Patent 5780047/1998) |
| Skin barrier function recovery and promotion composition and evaluation method thereof (US Patent 6315980/2001) |
| Cosmetic composition (US Patent 6348200/2002) |
| Cosmetic composition comprising a phosphoric triester and a skin activating component (US Patent 6932975/2005) |
| Process for producing an extract of Hydrangea containing plant powder (US Patent 7521079/2009) |
| Cosmetic composition containing polyorganosiloxane-containing epsilon-polylysine polymer, and polyhydric alcohol, and production thereof (European Patent EP1604647/2007) |
| Interleukin 4 production inhibitor (Japanese Patent JP10279491/1998) |
| Modified Valerian root oil and its production (Japanese Patent JP3933233/2007) |
