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Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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). |