UNSPSC 51461505: Valerian

This classification denotes a natural product which US FDA regulates as an active ingredient or moiety under Unique Ingredient Identifier JWF5YAW3QW, which the Integrated Taxonomic Information System classifies under Taxonomic Serial Number 35363 as a member of Kingdom Plantae, Subkingdom Viridaeplantae, Infrakingdom Streptophyta, Division Tracheophyta, Subdivision Spermatophytina, Infradivision Angiospermae, Class Magnoliopsida, Superorder Asteranae, Order Dipsacales, Family Valerianaceae, Genus Valeriana L. (valerian), Species Valeriana officinalis L., commonly known as GARDEN HELIOTROPE, GARDEN VALERIAN, or as here, simple VALERIAN.

UNSPSC 51461505 Valerian is a Commodity code for a botanical ingredient sourced by state and local governments primarily through healthcare and correctional purchasing channels. The code covers valerian root and valerian-derived products — typically dried root, extracts, or finished herbal supplements — procured as raw materials for in-house pharmaceutical compounding, as over-the-counter wellness inventory for institutional healthcare settings, or as components in dietary supplements distributed through state employee wellness programs or correctional health services. Issuing bodies include state departments of health, state prison systems and county jails, state employee benefits programs, and occasionally municipal health clinics and special-purpose healthcare districts. School districts and transit authorities do not typically solicit under this code.

The source provided contains no recent state or local contract opportunities tagged to UNSPSC 51461505 Valerian. Without posted solicitations, geographic concentration and representative recent RFPs, RFQs, or ITBs cannot be characterized. This sparse activity reflects the code's narrow scope — valerian procurement is episodic and often bundled with broader herbal or botanical ingredient contracts rather than solicited as a standalone commodity. State and local buyers in this space are worth direct outreach if your firm supplies botanical raw materials or finished herbal products to institutional healthcare, correctional, or employee wellness channels, but the code itself shows no current market signal.