Common Names
Nutsedge
How this plant is used
Food
Select a Results View:
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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Insectifuge | 6 | Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990. |
Insulinogenic | 2 | 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 |
Interferonogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Irritant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Laxative | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Leptingenic | 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 |
Leucocytogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lipolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lithogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Litholytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Lubricant | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
MAO-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Metastatic | 1 | Science News, 146: 421. |
Mucogenic | 1 | Li, K.M. Effect of zinc sulphate on acetic acid-induced gastric ulceration in rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 657-659, 1990. |
Mucolytic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Myorelaxant | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Nematicide | 4 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
Neurotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |