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 |
---|---|---|
Decongestant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Degranulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Demulcent | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Dentifrice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
Dermatitigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Detoxicant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Diuretic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Emollient | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
Expectorant | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Flatugenic | 1 | Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994. |
FLavor | 11 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
Fungicide | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Gastroprotective | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Gram(+)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Gram(-)icide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |