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Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 12.0 | 1.62 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Root | not available | 765.0 | 1.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SATURATED-FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | 0.5 | 1.6 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | 6.0 | 20.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 462.0 | 1490.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 4290.0 | 4.31 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SODIUM-CURCUMATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Rhizome | 300000.0 | 550000.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | 220.0 | 0.44 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SUGARS | 0 | Plant | 108500.0 | 400000.0 | 2.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 27200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 27200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Essential Oil | not available | 500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 1 | Planta Medica, 56(6): 681, 1990. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 22 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 5 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 3 | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 6 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithrombotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithromboxane | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jul-87. |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |