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Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae)

Common Names
Nutsedge
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4ALPHA,5ALPHA-OXIDOEUDESM-11-EN-3-ALPHA-OL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 2100.0 2400.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CYPERONE 4 Root 1500.0 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ROTUNOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC 2 Rhizome not available 0.3 -0.02 Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root not available 90.0 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CYPERONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ROTUNOL 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome not available 3180.0 -0.82 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Rhizome not available 10.0 -0.12 Duke, 1992 *
CYPERENE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYPERENONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYPEROL 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYPEROLONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CYPEROTUNDONE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 1 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 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 Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient 1 Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anemiagenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anesthetic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 1 Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.