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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 37.0 -0.29 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Rhizome 23.0 -1.00 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Rhizome *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Root 11.0 18.0 -0.09 *
ALPHA-TURMERONE 0 Rhizome 3.7 *
AR-TURMERONE 13 Rhizome 740.0 5800.0 *
AR-TURMERONE 13 Rhizome Essent. Oil 183800.0 596870.0 *
AR-TURMERONE 13 Root *
ARABINOSE 0 Rhizome 10000.0 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Rhizome 0.0 293.0 -0.34 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH 0 Plant 9920.0 32000.0 -1.61 *
ASH 0 Rhizome 9000.0 148000.0 0.82 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AZULENE 10 Rhizome *
BETA-BISABOLENE 6 Rhizome *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Plant 6.0 18.0 -0.63 *
BETA-CAROTENE 53 Rhizome 0.0 -0.75 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-PINENE 13 Essential Oil 2700.0 -0.67 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Leaf 215.0 -0.11 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Rhizome *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
AntiAGE 2 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
Antiaggregant 8 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiaging 5 *
Antiakathisic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antialcoholic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiallergenic 1 *
Antiallergic 7 J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569.
Antialopecic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antialzheimeran 17 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antialzheimeran? 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Antiamblyopic 1 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 9 *
Antianaphylactic 2 Meli, R., Autore, G., Di Carlo, G., Capasso, F. Inhibitory Action of Quercetin on Intestinal Transit in Mice. Phytotherapy Research 4(5): 201, 1990.
Antiandrogenic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antianemic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antianginal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiangiogenic 6 *
Antianorectic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.