Common Names
Cus-Cus; Vetiver; Cuscus Grass
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe
Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LINALOOL | 53 | Root | not available | 15.0 | 0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
N-EICOSANE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
NORKHUSINOL-OXIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
P-CYMENE | 16 | Root | not available | 15.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 500.0 | 6000.0 | 0.85 | Duke, 1992 * |
SELINA-4(14),7(17)-DIENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SESQUITERPENE-KETONES | 0 | Root | 900.0 | 8910.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
SUCROSE | 14 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Root | not available | 15.0 | 0.03 | Duke, 1992 * |
TRICYCLOVETIVENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETICADINOL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETISELINENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETISELINENOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETIVENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETIVENOLENE | 0 | Root | 1200.0 | 19800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETIVENONE | 0 | Root | 240.0 | 4290.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETIVENYL-VETIVENATE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
VETIVEROLS | 0 | Root | 2700.0 | 21450.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ZIZANAL | 2 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | 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. |