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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
AntiTNF	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitriglyceride	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antitrypanosomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antituberculic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor	17	Zheng, G-Q., Kenney, P.M., and Lam, L.K.T. Sesquiterpenes From Clove (Eugenia caryophyllata) As Potential Anticarcinogenic Agents. Journal of Natural Products 55(7): 999-1003, 1992.
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Mouth)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	3	Duke, 1992 *