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Plant Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 2700.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE 5 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL 47 Root not available 510.0 -0.26 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-TURMERONE 5 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(P-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE 0 Rhizome not available 1360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(PARA-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE 0 Rhizome not available 1360.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 16 Rhizome 6.6 16200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 16 Root not available 400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN 5 Rhizome 67.0 28000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLA-3,10-DIEN-2-ONE 0 Rhizome not available 13.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BISACUMOL 0 Rhizome not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BISACURONE 0 Rhizome not available 9.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL 35 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 *