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
2-HYDROXY-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4''-(3''-METHOXY-4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2''-OXO-3''-ENEBUTANYL-3-(3'-METHOXY-4'-HYDROXYPHENYL)-PROPENOATE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4(S)-5(S)-EPOXY-GERMACRONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-BISABOLA-2,10-DIEN-9-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	5.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL-(FERULOYL)-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	180.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXY-FERULOXYL-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5'-METHOXY-CURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	not available	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-4-METHOXY-BISABOLA-2,10-DIEN-9-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.3	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-HYDROXY-PROCURCUMENOL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-ATLANTONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ALPHA-ATLANTONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Leaf	not available	2325.0	1.33	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Rhizome	not available	1945.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	5300.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	60.0	1440.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	5300.0	-0.91	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	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
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
COMT-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	1	Martindale's 28th
Convulsant	2	R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist	1	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
Copper-Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	2	Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor	7	Duke, 1992 *
Culicide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor	2	Pizzorno, J. 1998. Total Wellness. Prima Health, a division of Prima.