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
KHISONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSILAL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMYL-ACID	0	Root	not available	4845.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOLOXIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSITONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-DELTA-CADINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GAMMA-2-CADINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOJUNEOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOJUNESSOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root	not available	15.0	-0.70	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 *