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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
2-HYDROXY-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4''-(3''-METHOXY-4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2''-OXO-3''-ENEBUTANYL-3-(3'-METHOXY-4'-HYDROXYPHENYL)-PROPENOATE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4(S)-5(S)-EPOXY-GERMACRONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BISABOLA-2,10-DIEN-9-ONE 0 Rhizome not available 5.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL-(FERULOYL)-METHANE 0 Rhizome not available 180.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL-METHANE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-FERULOXYL-METHANE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5'-METHOXY-CURCUMIN 0 Rhizome not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-4-METHOXY-BISABOLA-2,10-DIEN-9-ONE 0 Rhizome not available 0.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-PROCURCUMENOL 0 Rhizome not available 0.6 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ATLANTONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ALPHA-ATLANTONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf not available 2325.0 1.33 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Rhizome not available 1945.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available 5300.0 -0.51 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 60.0 1440.0 -0.13 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 5300.0 -0.91 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Tuber not available not available 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
Antimite 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimutagenic 15 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antimyalgic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimyocarditic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antinauseant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antinephrolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinesidioblastosic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antineuralgic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineurasthenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 6 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th