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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Cyperus rotundus (Cyperaceae)

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
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root *
4ALPHA,5ALPHA-OXIDOEUDESM-11-EN-3-ALPHA-OL 0 Rhizome *
ALKALOIDS 0 Root 2100.0 2400.0 -0.80 *
ALPHA-CYPERONE 4 Root 1500.0 5000.0 *
ALPHA-ROTUNOL 0 Root *
ARSENIC 2 Rhizome 0.3 -0.02 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Root 90.0 -0.59 *
BETA-CYPERONE 0 Rhizome *
BETA-PINENE 13 Root *
BETA-ROTUNOL 0 Root *
BETA-SELINENE 3 Root *
CALCIUM 28 Rhizome 3180.0 -0.82 *
CAMPHENE 9 Root *
COPAENE 1 Root *
COPPER 12 Rhizome 10.0 -0.12 *
CYPERENE 2 Essential Oil *
CYPERENONE 0 Essential Oil *
CYPEROL 0 Essential Oil *
CYPEROLONE 0 Rhizome *
CYPEROTUNDONE 0 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiobesity 5 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 1 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 6 (View) *
Antiototic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 6 (View) Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiparkinsonian 1 (View) *
Antiparotitic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic 1 (View) *
Antiperiodontitic 3 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant 1 (View) *
AntiPGE2 1 (View) *
Antipharyngitic 1 (View) *
Antiplaque 4 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial 4 (View) *
AntiPMS 3 (View) *
Antipneumonic 1 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.