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Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae)

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
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
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 *