All Valerian articles
- How to Qualify a Valerian Supplier: A Scored Checklist Buyer's Guide
A scored checklist for qualifying a bulk valerian supplier, built around one question — which species — plus valerenic acid assay, CITES awareness, deodorised grades and red flags.
- The Valerian Market: A Sleep Staple With a Sourcing Problem Market
How the sleep category drove valerian demand, why sourcing geography carries species risk, the gummy format's odour ceiling, regional differences and India's position.
- Valerenic Acids, Valepotriates and How Valerian Is Standardised Testing & Quality
Technical guide to valerian standardisation — why valerenic acids by HPLC verify species as well as potency, why valepotriates cannot hold a specification, and how to write a valerian spec.
- Valerian in Formulation: Sleep Formats and the Odour Problem Formulation
How valerian is formulated across sleep capsules, gummies, beverages and blends — managing an odour that resists masking, deodorised grades, dosing formats and grade selection.
- Valerian Root Extract: A Complete Buyer's Guide Buyer's Guide
Buyer's guide to valerian root extract — why four species share the name, how the valerenic acid assay doubles as a species check, valepotriate instability, the odour problem and CoA requirements.
- Valerian Species Substitution: Indian, Mexican, Jatamansi and CITES Buyer's Guide
How valerian goes wrong — Indian valerian (V. jatamansi/wallichii), Mexican valerian, the CITES-listed Nardostachys confusion, aerial-part dilution and ratio-extract vagueness.
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