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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Root	not available	37200.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS	30	Root	not available	16200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Rhizome	not available	10100.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	42100.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINATRIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Rhizome	not available	254.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	not available	92000.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	132200.0	144000.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SUGENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGEONOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGETRIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Rhizome	not available	33.0	-0.31	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.