Ethnic Use, Phytochemistry, and Pharmacology of Cyperus rotundus

Abstract

Cyperus rotundus (nut grass in English) is a perennial erect sedge plant and is distributed in over 90 countries of the world, where it has been mostly classified as a highly invasive weed. Despite this classification, the plant has been considered from traditional times to be medicinally important. The traditional uses of the plant in various countries include uses against various gastrointestinal tract disorders, skin diseases, leprosy, fever, and neurological disorders. Evaluation of the plant and especially its rhizomes in a scientific manner has revealed the presence of numerous phytochemicals and wide-ranging pharmacological activities, which include anti-microbial, gastrointestinal, wound healing, anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-malarial, anti-obesity, hepatoprotective, and anti-pyretic activity. The scientific validation of a number of traditional uses strongly indicates that the plant may prove useful in the discovery of a number of lead compounds and novel drugs.

Antibacterial prophylaxis and molecular docking studies of ketone and ester compounds isolated from Cyperus rotundus L. against Aeromonas veronii

“…It is one of the vital organs imparting invasiveness to the plant and has never been studied before. It is an essential herb in traditional Chinese medicine (Dhar et al, 2017;Rahmatullah et al, 2020) and is mentioned in the ancient medical text Charaka Samhita (Kumar et al, 2017). Several previous research on the antimicrobial activity of C. rotundus rhizomes and leaves has been conducted.…”