Common Names
Nutsedge
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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Carminative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chelator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Chemopreventive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Choleretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cholesterolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
CNS-Depressant | 1 | Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp. |
CNS-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cold-preventive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Collagenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Convulsant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Counterirritant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
COX-2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Decongestant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |