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
CURCUMIN	135	Rhizome	9.0	56000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN	135	Root	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMINOIDS	9	Root	30000.0	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMOL	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Essential Oil	not available	11900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	11900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURLONE	0	Rhizome	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE-C	0	Essential Oil	not available	20400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE-C	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	20400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLO-ISOPRENEMYRCENE	0	Rhizome	8500.0	29750.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOCURCUMIN	1	Rhizome	13.3	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Rhizome	30.0	720.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-CAMPHENE	0	Rhizome	not available	480.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
D-CAMPHOR	0	Rhizome	30.0	1500.0	-0.30	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-SABINENE	0	Rhizome	20.0	432.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DEHYDROCURDIONE	8	Rhizome	not available	4.5	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
Antitumor-Promoter	8	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcerogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiuricosuric	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antivaccinia	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaricose	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	14	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
AntiX-Radiation	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiyeast	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic	6	Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic	7	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Ascaricide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).