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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Vetiveria zizanioides (Poaceae)

Common Names
Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ZIZANENE 0 Root *
ZIZANOIC-ACID 0 Root *
ZIZANOL 0 Root *
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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 *
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 *
Antiandrogenic 1 *
Antianxiety 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarrhythmic 1 *
Antiarthritic 1 *
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 *
Antibacterial 9 Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antibronchitic 1 *
Anticancer 2 *
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 *
Anticlimacteric 1 *