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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cymbopogon nardus (Poaceae)

Common Names
Ceylon Citronella; Citronella
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
SABINENE 5 Plant Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 21.0 84.0 -0.24 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TERPINOLENE 9 Plant 21.0 84.0 0.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THUJYL-ALCOHOL 0 Plant List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TRANS-OCIMENE 0 Plant 54.0 216.0 -0.24 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRICYCLENE 0 Plant 45.0 180.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibacterial 19 *
Antibronchitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticancer 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Anticancer (Pancreas) 2 *
Anticarcinomic (Colon) 1 *
Anticarcinomic (Lung) 1 *
Anticariogenic 4 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticonvulsant 2 *
Antidandruff 1 A.L.L. Hunting. Encyclopedia of Shampoo Ingredients. Micelle Press, Cranford NJ. 467 pp.
Antidermatitic 1 *
Antidiarrheic 1 Wealth of India.
Antidote (Strychnine) 1 *
Antidysenteric 1 Wealth of India.
Antiedemic 1 Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiescherichic 1 *
Antifeedant 6 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Antifibrositic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiflu 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antihalitosic 1 American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993.