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.
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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
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.