Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Root
Uses in traditional medicine :
- Roots placed in hot water is kept overnight to cool and taken 1 cup in the morning to cure ulcers in the stomach
- Infusion of roots is taken for urinary diseases
- Roots are stomachic, carminative, diaphoretic and diuretic
- Roots act as a cholagogue
- Roots are used to treat anorexia, dyspepsia, flatulence, congestion of the liver
- Used as an antiperiodic in malarial and typhoid fever
- Used to treat haemoptysis, phthisis, anaemia, skin and blood diseases, piles, delirium, pneumonia and meningitis
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Sesquiterpenes: khusimol, khusenic acid, vetivenene, vetivone from root essential oil
Bioactivity :
Vetivenene, vetivone: antioxidative; essential oil of leaves: antimicrobial; khusimal and khusenic acid: antimycobacterial; ethanol extract of roots: anticonvulsant
Clinical:
Note :
Extracted oil from the root is used in the perfume industry
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