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
(+)-KHUSITENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CADINANE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Root	not available	15.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7:3-CADALENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALLO-KHUSINOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CALACORANE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ISOVETIVENENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Root	not available	15.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Root	not available	165.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-VETISPIRENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-VETIVENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-VETIVENENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-VETIVONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Leaf	53000.0	90000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID	20	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ISOVETISPIRENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Root	not available	15.0	-0.68	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VETISPIRINE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VETIVENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-VETIVENENE	0	Root	not available	not available	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
Antitumor	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antitumor (Breast)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Arrhythmigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Atherogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Bacteriostatic	1	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Barbituate-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchoprotectant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Bronchorelaxant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.