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
Larvicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	4	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	2	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Myorelaxant	2	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Nematicide	6	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic	1	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Neurotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ozone-Scavenger	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Perfume	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Perfumery	4	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry