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

Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae)

Common Names
Nutsedge
How this plant is used
Food

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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
OLEIC-ACID 18 Rhizome *
P-CYMOL 0 Root *
PATCHOULENONE 0 Rhizome *
PECTIN 24 Root 37200.0 -0.90 *
POLYPHENOLS 30 Root 16200.0 -1.00 *
POTASSIUM 14 Rhizome 10100.0 -0.32 *
RESIN 0 Root 42100.0 0.67 *
ROTUNDENE 0 Root *
ROTUNDENOL 0 Root *
ROTUNDONE 0 Root *
SELINATRIENE 0 Root *
SITOSTEROL 0 Root *
SODIUM 1 Rhizome 254.0 -0.34 *
STARCH 5 Root 92000.0 -0.94 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Rhizome *
SUGARS 0 Root 132200.0 144000.0 0.39 *
SUGENOL 0 Rhizome *
SUGEONOL 0 Rhizome *
SUGETRIOL 0 Rhizome *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 33.0 -0.31 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 3 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 2 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 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.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) 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 (View) *
Allelopathic 2 (View) *
Allergenic 4 (View) *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Analgesic 2 (View) *
Anemiagenic 1 (View) *
Anesthetic 1 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Anorexic 1 (View) Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.