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
KHISONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSENOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSILAL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMENE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMONE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMYL-ACETATE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIMYL-ACID	0	Root	not available	4845.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSINOLOXIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSIOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSITOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSITONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
KHUSOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-DELTA-CADINOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GAMMA-2-CADINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-GAMMA-CADINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOJUNEOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LAEVOJUNESSOL	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Root	not available	15.0	-0.70	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 *