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
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 *