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

Common Names

Turmeric; Indian Saffron

How this plant is used

Food

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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
CHROMIUM	24	Rhizome	not available	6.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	29200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Essential Oil	not available	29200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Plant	0.5	1.5	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Rhizome	not available	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Rhizome	6.0	17.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINYL-ALCOHOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	121700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	121700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL	3	Essential Oil	not available	21300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL	3	Rhizome	not available	65.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	21300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN	135	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN	135	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	175000.0	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
Antiinfertility	3	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	37	Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990.
Antiinsomniac	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiinsomnic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiintegrase	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiischemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antikeshan	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	2	Merck 11th Edition
Antilaryngitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiLegionella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileishmanic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukopenic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antileukoplakic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *