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
Transdermal	5	Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Triglycerigenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Uricogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Uricosuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary	4	Duke, 1992 *