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Plant Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
CHROMIUM 24 Rhizome not available 6.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 29200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE 0 Essential Oil not available 29200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID 18 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Plant 0.5 1.5 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Rhizome not available 1.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Rhizome 6.0 17.0 1.45 Duke, 1992 *
CUMINYL-ALCOHOL 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE 0 Essential Oil not available 121700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 121700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL 3 Essential Oil not available 21300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL 3 Rhizome not available 65.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL 3 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 21300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENONE 0 Rhizome not available 26.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN 135 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN 135 Resin, Exudate, Sap not available 175000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Antiamyloid-Beta 9 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.