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
EPIZIZANAL	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EPIZIZANOIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMANE-SESQUITERPENES	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUDESMOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Leaf	11000.0	21000.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	347000.0	422000.0	3.22	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-VETIVENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLYCEROL	8	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEMICELLULOSE	0	Leaf	not available	458000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBISABOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOKHUSENIC-ACID	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOKHUSINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOKHUSINOL-OXIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALENCENIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVALENCENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVETISELINENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVETIVONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KETONES	0	Root	468.0	11583.0	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
Peristaltic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	14	Duke, 1992 *
Photosensitizer	1	Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phytoalexin	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Preservative	1	Merck 11th Edition
Prooxidant	1	Charalambous, G. (Ed.). 1994. Spices, Herbs and Edible Fungi. Elsevier Science B. V. Amsterdam. 764 pp.
Propecic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Renoirritant	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Rubefacient	1	Martindale's 29th
Secretogogue	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	6	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Soap	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Spermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Surfactant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Termiticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	2	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.