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Plant Vetiveria zizanioides (Poaceae)

Common Names
Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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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
Antihypertensive 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinflammatory 7 Duke, 1992 *
Antiinsomniac 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic 3 Merck 11th Edition
Antilaryngitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukemic 1 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antilithic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic 2 Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Martindale's 29th
Antimenopausal 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antineuralgic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antinociceptive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophthalmic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiosteoporotic 2 Duke, 1992 *