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 |
---|---|---|
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 |