Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *