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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
TERPINEOL 18 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Leaf 115.0 485.0 0.39 Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Rhizome 0.0 8.0 0.17 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TOLYL-METHYLCARBINOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIETHYLCURCUMIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TURMERIN 3 Rhizome not available 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE 4 Rhizome 1800.0 43200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE 4 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 240700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE 4 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONOL-A 1 Rhizome not available 282.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONOL-B 1 Rhizome not available 193.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-A 3 Rhizome 33.0 6600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-B 2 Rhizome not available 47.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-C 0 Rhizome 52.0 315.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-D 0 Rhizome not available 41.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
UNSATURATED-FATTY-ACIDS 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID 24 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
WATER 0 Plant not available 690000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Alpha-Glucosidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic? 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anesthetic 7 Duke, 1992 *
Angiogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anorexic 2 Martindale's 28th
Anthelmintic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholine 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 8 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiacrodynic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomacarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiadenomic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Antiadenoviral 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antiadrenalinic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiaflatoxin 5 Duke, 1992 *