“…Cyperus rotundus is a multipurpose plant, widely used in traditional medicine around the world to treat stomach aliments, wounds, boils and blisters [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. A number of pharmacological and biological activities including anti- Candida , anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antidiarrhoeal, cytoprotective, antimutagenic, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, cytotoxic and apoptotic, anti-pyretic and analgesic activities have been reported for this plant [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ]. Previous phytochemical studies on C. rotundus revealed the presence of alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, starch, glycosides and furochromones, and many novel sesquiterpenoids [ 9 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 ].…”