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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Rubefacient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Schizophrenigenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Secretogogue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Sedative | 3 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
Spasmogenic | 3 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
Spermigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Suppository | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Surfactant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Testosteronigenic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Tranquilizer | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Transdermal | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Trichomonicide | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
Uricosuric | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
Urinary-Acidulant | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Uterorelaxant | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
Uterotonic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Vasodilator | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Vasopressor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Vulnerary | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |