Valerian (herb) mild nervous tension and to aid sleep; EMA stated that although there is insufficient evidence from clinical studies, its effectiveness as a dried extract is considered plausible. In the United States, valerian extracts are sold as a nutritional supplement under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994. Oral forms are available in both standardized and unstandardized forms. Standardized products may be preferable considering the wide variation of the chemicals in the dried root, as noted above. When standardized, it is done so as a percentage of valerenic acid or valeric acid. Because the compounds in valerian produce central
Valerian Rodrigues at the University of Erfurt, Visiting Professor at the University of Wurzburg and Fellow at the Max Weber Center for Advanced Studies, Erfurt, Germany. Valerian Rodrigues Valerian Rodrigues (born 1949) is an Indian political scientist. He is known for his seminal work on Babasaheb Ambedkar, and for his formulations of themes in Modern Indian Political Thought. He is currently Ambedkar Chair at the Ambedkar University Delhi. Rodrigues has made substantial contributions to the debate on the working of the Indian Parliament, constitutionalism in India, and agrarian politics in India. As a Professor at the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal