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Chrysopogon nigritanus is a plant widely used traditionally for various purposes, especially in traditional medicine for its various properties of pharmaceutical and cosmetic interest. Scientifically, this plant has not been widely studied, especially in the field of pharmacology. This paper is a bibliographic review in which we have listed the ethnobotanical study of the plant, its uses in traditional medicine, ecology, and cosmetology, and previous pharmaco-chemical studies. This review provides an overview of all known phytochemical studies on the plant Chrysopogon nigritanus. We have presented the physicochemical studies and bio-logical tests carried out, as well as all the structural identification work on compounds de-rived from the Chrysopogon nigritanus plant, to establish solid prospects for further scien-tific research into the pharmaceutical and cosmetic benefits of this plant.