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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

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
FERULOYL-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE 1 Rhizome *
FIBER 15 Rhizome 9000.0 84000.0 -1.03 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Plant 63000.0 -0.76 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Plant 370000.0 0.06 *
FLAVONOIDS 0 Rhizome 90.0 95.0 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Rhizome 120000.0 1.41 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GAMMA-ATLANTONE 0 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-ATLANTONE 0 Root *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf 90.0 -0.20 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Rhizome 60.0 -1.00 *
GERMACRENE 0 Rhizome Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GERMACRON-(4S',5S)-EPOXIDE 0 Rhizome 0.7 *
GERMACRON-13-AL 0 Rhizome 0.6 *
GERMACRONE 7 Rhizome *
GLUCOSE 7 Rhizome 280000.0 1.00 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GUAIACOL 18 Rhizome *
GUAIANE 0 Rhizome Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
IRON 6 Plant 25.0 80.0 -0.64 *
IRON 6 Rhizome 121.0 467.0 0.33 *
ISOBORNEOL 7 Rhizome Essent. Oil 200.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Astringent 1 Martindale's 28th
ATPase-Inhibitor 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Bacteristat 1 *
Barbituate-Synergist 1 *
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker 1 *
Beta-Blocker 2 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 4 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 2 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive 20 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 8 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 2 *
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 4 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.