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
TERPINEOL	18	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	115.0	485.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Rhizome	0.0	8.0	0.17	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOLYL-METHYLCARBINOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIETHYLCURCUMIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERIN	3	Rhizome	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Rhizome	1800.0	43200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	240700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONOL-A	1	Rhizome	not available	282.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONOL-B	1	Rhizome	not available	193.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-A	3	Rhizome	33.0	6600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-B	2	Rhizome	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-C	0	Rhizome	52.0	315.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-D	0	Rhizome	not available	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNSATURATED-FATTY-ACIDS	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	690000.0	-0.35	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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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.