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
RESIN	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Rhizome	0.0	12.0	1.62	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SALICYLATES	7	Root	not available	765.0	1.89	Duke, 1992 *
SATURATED-FATTY-ACIDS	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SELENIUM	60	Plant	0.5	1.6	-0.36	Duke, 1992 *
SILICON	4	Plant	6.0	20.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Plant	462.0	1490.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Rhizome	30.0	4290.0	4.31	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
SODIUM-CURCUMATE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Rhizome	300000.0	550000.0	0.73	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Root	not available	220.0	0.44	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUGARS	0	Plant	108500.0	400000.0	2.56	Duke, 1992 *
SYRINGIC-ACID	6	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	27200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	27200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINENE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEOL	18	Essential Oil	not available	500.0	-1.00	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
Cardiodepressant	2	=ICMR(Indian Council of Medical Research).1976.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.1.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambridge Printing Works, New Delhi.487 pp;ICMR.1987.Medicinal Plants of India.Vol.2.Indian Council of Med. Res.Cambr. Printing Works,New Delhi.600pp
Cardiomyopathogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective	11	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	4	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	6	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	3	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Toxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.