Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae)

Common Names
Nutsedge
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root *
4ALPHA,5ALPHA-OXIDOEUDESM-11-EN-3-ALPHA-OL 0 Rhizome *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 2100.0 2400.0 -0.80 *
ALPHA-CYPERONE 4 Root 1500.0 5000.0 *
ALPHA-ROTUNOL 0 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Rhizome 0.3 -0.02 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 90.0 -0.59 *
BETA-CYPERONE 0 Rhizome *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root *
BETA-ROTUNOL 0 Root *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome 3180.0 -0.82 *
CAMPHENE 9 Root *
COPAENE 1 Root *
COPPER 12 Rhizome 10.0 -0.12 *
CYPERENE 2 Essential Oil *
CYPERENONE 0 Essential Oil *
CYPEROL 0 Essential Oil *
CYPEROLONE 0 Rhizome *
CYPEROTUNDONE 0 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic 1 (View) Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Allelochemic 1 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.