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
FERULOYL-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Rhizome	9000.0	84000.0	-1.03	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Plant	not available	63000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Plant	not available	370000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Rhizome	90.0	95.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Rhizome	not available	120000.0	1.41	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GAMMA-ATLANTONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-ATLANTONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	not available	90.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Rhizome	not available	60.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GERMACRON-(4S',5S)-EPOXIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRON-13-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRONE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Rhizome	not available	280000.0	1.00	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GUAIACOL	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
IRON	6	Plant	25.0	80.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	121.0	467.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNEOL	7	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	200.0	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
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.