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
ISOBORNEOL	7	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOPROCURCUMENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	1.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
L-ALPHA-CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome	not available	18000.0	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
L-BETA-CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome	not available	18000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Essential Oil	not available	2300.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Leaf	not available	125.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome	not available	80.0	-1.05	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2300.0	-0.78	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	1600.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	1600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL	53	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Plant	3038.0	9800.0	1.78	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Plant	2.5	8.2	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Rhizome	33.0	78.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MONODESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	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.
NIACIN	39	Plant	22.0	70.0	-0.09	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
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.