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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf not available 37.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Rhizome not available 23.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Root 11.0 18.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TURMERONE 0 Rhizome not available 3.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE 13 Rhizome 740.0 5800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil 183800.0 596870.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE 13 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE 0 Rhizome not available 10000.0 not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Rhizome 0.0 293.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Plant 9920.0 32000.0 -1.61 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Rhizome 9000.0 148000.0 0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AZULENE 10 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 6.0 18.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Rhizome not available 0.0 -0.75 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil not available 2700.0 -0.67 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf not available 215.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antilithic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antilymphomic 5 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antimaculitic 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antimetastatic (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 4 Martindale's 29th