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
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.