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
DEHYDROTURMERONE 0 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 20 Plant *
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 20 Rhizome 6.6 11100.0 *
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 20 Root 500.0 *
DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome 500.0 28000.0 1.34 *
DI-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE 2 Rhizome *
DICINNAMOYLMETHANE 1 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIDESMETHOXYCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DIFERULOYL-METHANE 1 Rhizome *
DIHYDROCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome 57.0 *
EO 0 Leaf 4100.0 -0.65 *
EO 0 Plant 15500.0 80000.0 5.34 *
EO 0 Rhizome 3000.0 72000.0 0.38 *
EPI-PROCURCUMENOL 2 Rhizome 1.3 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil 2100.0 -0.71 *
EUGENOL 76 Rhizome Essent. Oil 2100.0 *
EUGENOL 76 Tuber *
FAT 0 Plant 28830.0 93000.0 0.60 *
FAT 0 Rhizome 18000.0 153000.0 2.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULOYL-4-HYDROXYCINNAMOYL-METHANE 1 Plant *
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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) *