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
D-COPADIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-EPOXYGUAIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-FRUCTOSE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-GLUCOSE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	5000.0	10000.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Root	not available	12500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-CYMENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	not available	430.0	0.21	Duke, 1992 *
ISOCYPEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOKOBUSONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KOBUSONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID	27	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Rhizome	not available	1500.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	not available	28.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
MUSTAKONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID	64	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEANOLIC-ACID-3-O-NEOHESPERIDOSIDE	0	Tuber	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.