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
LINALOOL	53	Root	not available	15.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
N-EICOSANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NORKHUSINOL-OXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Root	not available	15.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	500.0	6000.0	0.85	Duke, 1992 *
SELINA-4(14),7(17)-DIENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SESQUITERPENE-KETONES	0	Root	900.0	8910.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE	14	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Root	not available	15.0	0.03	Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLOVETIVENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETICADINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETISELINENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETISELINENOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETIVENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETIVENOLENE	0	Root	1200.0	19800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETIVENONE	0	Root	240.0	4290.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETIVENYL-VETIVENATE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VETIVEROLS	0	Root	2700.0	21450.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZIZANAL	2	Plant	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
Antialcoholic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergic	4	J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antialzheimeran?	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antianaphylactic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiandrogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antianxiety	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	2	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis., 4:203, 1982.
Antiatherosclerotic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacterial	9	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic	3	Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticataract	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticatarrh	1	Martindale's 29th
Anticholinesterase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	1	Duke, 1992 *