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
Antiobesity	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant	6	Jim Duke's personal files.
Antiparkinsonian	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiperiodontic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperoxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPGE2	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	4	Martindale's 29th
Antiplasmodial	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipodriac	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antipoliomyelitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.