Plant Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Turmeric; Indian Saffron

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-(S)-AR-TURMERONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-AR-TURMERONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SABINENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SABINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4-PENTADIEN-3-ONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4,6-HEPTATRIEN-3-ONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,4,6-TRIENE-3-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	not available	330.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Rhizome	30.0	9575.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-5-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,6-DIENE-3,5-DIONE	0	Rhizome	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-6-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIHYDROXY-BISABOLA-3,10-DIENE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BORNANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	2	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
8-HETE-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	10	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	13	Duke, 1992 *