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
DEHYDROTURMERONE	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.
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	20	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	20	Rhizome	6.6	11100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	20	Root	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	500.0	28000.0	1.34	Duke, 1992 *
DI-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DICINNAMOYLMETHANE	1	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.
DIDESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	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.
DIFERULOYL-METHANE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	not available	57.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Leaf	not available	4100.0	-0.65	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	15500.0	80000.0	5.34	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Rhizome	3000.0	72000.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *
EPI-PROCURCUMENOL	2	Rhizome	not available	1.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	2100.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	28830.0	93000.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Rhizome	18000.0	153000.0	2.43	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULOYL-4-HYDROXYCINNAMOYL-METHANE	1	Plant	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
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.