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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Anticholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	3	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticomplement	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Anticonvulsant	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
Anticoronary	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's	2	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antidementia	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidepressant	4	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiabetic	6	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidiarrheic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antidiscotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Aluminum)	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antidote (Cadmium)	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Iodine)	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.