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
WATER	0	Rhizome	not available	133000.0	-1.11	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEDOARONDIOL	0	Rhizome	not available	35.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Plant	0.5	1.5	-0.50	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Rhizome	not available	22.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE	6	Rhizome	750.0	18000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	81400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINGIBERENE	6	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antiprostatitic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriac	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipsoriatic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiradicular	11	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiRaynaud's	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiretinopathic	1	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antiretinotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic	7	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antirhinitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinoviral	3	Denyer, C.V., Jackson, P., Loakes, D.M., Ellis, M.R., and Yound, D.A.B. Isolation of Antirhinoviral Sesquiterpenes From Ginger (Zingiber officinale). Journal of Natural Products, 57(5): 658-662, 1994.
Antisalmonella	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antisarcomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic	18	Merck 11th Edition
Antishingles	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.