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
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