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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ZIZANENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ZIZANOIC-ACID | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
ZIZANOL | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |