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

Common Names

Turmeric; Indian Saffron

How this plant is used

Food

Select a Results View:

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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
ISOBORNEOL	7	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROCURCUMENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	1.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome	not available	18000.0	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
L-BETA-CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome	not available	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	2300.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	125.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome	not available	80.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	1600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	3038.0	9800.0	1.78	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	2.5	8.2	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	33.0	78.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONODESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
NIACIN	39	Plant	22.0	70.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *

Download these results as:

CSV

EXCEL

PDF

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 *