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
Antihypertensive	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimpotence	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiinfective	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	9	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiischemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	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.
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiLyme	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	2	Duke, 1992 *