Physiochemical Properties:

• Colour: Pale yellow to dark brown
• Odour: Musky, woody balsamic and earthy
• Specific Gravity at 20°C: 0.9500 to 0.9700
• Refractive Index at 20°C: 1.4900 to 1.5100
• Optical Rotation: -30 to -45

Main Constituents:

Uses:

• Used in perfumery for its musky wood and balsamic odours, which give interesting effects in combination with patchouli, costus, oakmoss, cypriol in modern chypre variations
• Oil is used for flavoring tobacco and, in combination with hops or lipulin flavor extracts, beer or root beer.
• Valerian is used in Ayurveda and Unani systems of medicine for nervous disorders, debility, falling reflexes as hypnotic and to treat spastic disorders like chorea and gastro-spasms. It is useful for hysteria, epilepsy, shell shock and
• The resinoid found use in modern medicine as a number of epoxy-iridoids esters, collectively known as valepotrates, improve co-ordination, diminish restlessness, anxiety and aggressiveness, and increase

Odour Profile: Musky, woody, balsamic and earthy.