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
Antiotitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antioxidant	3	Merck 11th Edition
Antiperiodontitic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipharyngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplaque	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiPMS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiproliferant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	8	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishock	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisinusitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antispasmodic	6	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antistress	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.