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
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer-Preventive	4	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Candidistat	2	Duke, 1992 *
Carcinogenic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Cardioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Depressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Convulsant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Counterirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *