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
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 *

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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
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	6	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperglycemic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Hypnotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypotensive	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	12	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	J. Stored. Prod. Res., 22:141, 1986.
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	9	Duke, 1992 *