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Chrysopogon zizanioides

The EFSA Compendium of Botanicals holds 8 constituent measurements for Chrysopogon zizanioides. This page reports what those source records contain and how to reach them. It carries no effect estimate, no dose and no recommendation.

Accepted name in source: Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty

8Constituent measurements

0Safety records

4Cited sources

32Licensed products (Canada)

Also recorded as

Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash

Synonyms are carried from the source compendium. A species may be traded and studied under more than one name, which is exactly how a safety record gets lost.

Regulatory presence

Health Canada's Licensed Natural Health Products Database holds 32 licensed products naming Chrysopogon zizanioides as a medicinal ingredient, matched on the exact Latin binomial. A licence records that a product met the regulator's requirements for sale in Canada. It is not evidence that the product works.

Extract types on licence

Source material stated

Root

What the records describe

Constituents measured

Plant parts

Preparations

Recorded constituents

What analytical work has found in this species, at which plant part and preparation. A measured constituent is a fact about material, not about effect.

Substance	Plant part	Preparation	Concentration	Analytical method	Source
Oxalates	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.33 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Phytic acid	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.64 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Saponins	Unspecified	Solvent extraction	≤ 0.55 Milligram/100 gram	Unspecified	Resolve DOI
Alkaloids	Roots and other underground parts	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Eugenol	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Isoeugenol	Roots and other underground parts	Essential oil	—	Unspecified	No resolvable identifier
Saponins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier
Tannins	Aerial part of plants	Solvent extraction	—	Phytochemical screening	No resolvable identifier

Cited sources

The literature the compendium cites for this species. Metatron Health has no relationship with these authors or journals and earns nothing from citing them.

Falola, O.O., Alasa, M.C., Amuda, A.J., Babayemi, O.J. Nutritional and antinutritional components of vetiver grass (Chrysopogon zizanioides L. Roberty) at different stages of growth. Pakistan journal of nutrition, 2014, vol. 12, no. 11, p. 957-959. DOI
Gilani, Anwar H., Shah, Abdul J., Janbaz, Khalid H., Ahmed, Shahida P., Ghayur, Muhammad N. Studies on antihypertensive and antispasmodic activities of Andropogon muricatus Retz. Canadian journal of physiology and pharmacology, 2007, p. 911-917.
Elizabeth, Arun Amutha., Josephine, Glory., Inbaraj., Rahman, Farhana., Muniappan. Evaluation of analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect of Vetiveria zizanioides. Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, 2012, p. 164-170.
Chowdhury, Somit Roy., Tandon, P. K., Chowdhury, A. R. Chemical analysis of essential oil of Vetiveria zizanioides (Linn.) Nash. roots. Indian journal of agricultural biochemistry, 2009, p. 57-59.

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