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

Plant Vetiveria zizanioides (Poaceae)

Common Names
Cus-Cus, Vetiver, Cuscus Grass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
(+)-KHUSITENE 0 Plant *
(-)-CADINANE 0 Plant *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root 15.0 *
7:3-CADALENE 0 Root *
ALLO-KHUSINOL 0 Plant *
ALPHA-CALACORANE 0 Root *
ALPHA-ISOVETIVENENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Root 15.0 -0.79 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Root 165.0 -0.40 *
ALPHA-VETISPIRENE 0 Root *
ALPHA-VETIVENE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-VETIVENENE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-VETIVONE 0 Root *
ASH 0 Leaf 53000.0 90000.0 -0.51 *
BENZOIC-ACID 20 Root *
BETA-ISOVETISPIRENE 0 Root *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root 15.0 -0.68 *
BETA-VETISPIRINE 0 Root *
BETA-VETIVENE 0 Root *
BETA-VETIVENENE 0 Root *
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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 1 (View) *
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 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.
Aggregant 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 3 (View) *
Allergenic 6 (View) *
Allergenic? 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) Martindale's 28th
Anesthetic 3 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 1 (View) *
Anthelmintic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 6 (View) *
Antiacne 3 (View) *
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *