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
OLEIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PATCHOULENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PECTIN	24	Root	not available	37200.0	-0.90	Duke, 1992 *
POLYPHENOLS	30	Root	not available	16200.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Rhizome	not available	10100.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
RESIN	0	Root	not available	42100.0	0.67	Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ROTUNDONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELINATRIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SITOSTEROL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Rhizome	not available	254.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Root	not available	92000.0	-0.94	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Root	132200.0	144000.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
SUGENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGEONOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUGETRIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Rhizome	not available	33.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antianxiety	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatheromic	1	Cerda, J.J. Pectin in Health and Disease. HortScience, 25(12): 1485, 1990.
Antiatherosclerotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	6	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinomic	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Anticariogenic	3	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticataract	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.