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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
WATER 0 Rhizome 133000.0 -1.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEDOARONDIOL 0 Rhizome 35.0 *
ZINC 77 Plant 0.5 1.5 -0.50 *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 22.0 -0.37 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Rhizome 750.0 18000.0 1.00 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Rhizome Essent. Oil 81400.0 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *
12-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 1 *
5-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 2 *
8-HETE-Inhibitor 1 *
Abortifacient 1 *
Absorbent 1 Martindale's 29th
Acaricide 6 *
ACE-Inhibitor 4 *
Acetylcholinergic 1 *
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 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 10 *
Allelochemic 5 *
Allelopathic 8 *
Allergenic 13 *