Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric, Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-(S)-AR-TURMERONE 0 Rhizome *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-AR-TURMERONE 0 Rhizome *
(+)-SABINENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
(+)-SABINENE 0 Root *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 27.0 *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4-PENTADIEN-3-ONE 2 Rhizome *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4,6-HEPTATRIEN-3-ONE 2 Rhizome *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,4,6-TRIENE-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 3.0 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE 2 Rhizome *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 330.0 -0.49 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome 30.0 9575.0 0.30 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-5-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 13.0 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,6-DIENE-3,5-DIONE 0 Rhizome 4.0 *
1-HYDROXY-1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-6-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE 2 Plant *
2,5-DIHYDROXY-BISABOLA-3,10-DIENE 0 Rhizome 3.0 *
2-BORNANOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
(-)-Chronotropic 2 (View) 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 (View) 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 (View) *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
8-HETE-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 1 (View) *
Absorbent 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 6 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
Acetylcholinergic 1 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 (View) *
Allelochemic 5 (View) *
Allelopathic 8 (View) *
Allergenic 13 (View) *