Plant Vetiveria zizanioides (Poaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass

How this plant is used

Generally Recognized as Safe

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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
BETA-VETIVONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BHARATPUROL-I	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BHARATPUROL-II	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BICYCLODECENONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINA-7-11(12_OR_13)-DIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINA-9,11(12_OR_13)-DIENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CADINANE-SESQUITERPENES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	2800.0	3100.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Leaf	450000.0	474000.0	-1.10	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOCOPACAMPHENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOCOPACAMPHENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOCOPACAMPHENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-AMORPHENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ELEMOL	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	not available	15000.0	0.05	Duke, 1992 *
EPICYCLOCOPACAMPHENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIKHUSINOL	0	Root	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
(-)-Chronotropic	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.
(-)-Inotropic	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.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	3	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Aggregant	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Analgesic	2	Martindale's 28th
Anesthetic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anthelmintic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *