Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Nutsedge

How this plant is used

Food

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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
D-COPADIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-EPOXYGUAIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	5000.0	10000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Root	not available	12500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CYMENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	not available	430.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCYPEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOKOBUSONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KOBUSONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	not available	1500.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	not available	28.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
MUSTAKONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID-3-O-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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.