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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
2-HYDROXY-METHYL-ANTHRAQUINONE 2 Rhizome *
4''-(3''-METHOXY-4''-HYDROXYPHENYL)-2''-OXO-3''-ENEBUTANYL-3-(3'-METHOXY-4'-HYDROXYPHENYL)-PROPENOATE 2 Rhizome *
4(S)-5(S)-EPOXY-GERMACRONE 0 Rhizome *
4-HYDROXY-BISABOLA-2,10-DIEN-9-ONE 0 Rhizome 5.1 *
4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL-(FERULOYL)-METHANE 0 Rhizome 180.0 *
4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL-METHANE 0 Rhizome *
4-HYDROXY-FERULOXYL-METHANE 0 Rhizome *
5'-METHOXY-CURCUMIN 0 Rhizome 20.0 *
5-HYDROXY-4-METHOXY-BISABOLA-2,10-DIEN-9-ONE 0 Rhizome 0.3 *
5-HYDROXY-PROCURCUMENOL 0 Rhizome 0.6 *
ALPHA-ATLANTONE 0 Rhizome 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 *
ALPHA-CURCUMENE 3 Rhizome *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 2325.0 1.33 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Rhizome 1945.0 1.00 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil 5300.0 -0.51 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 60.0 1440.0 -0.13 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Rhizome *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Rhizome Essent. Oil 5300.0 -0.91 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Tuber *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytoprotective 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 11 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Decongestant 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Degranulant 1 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Martindale's 29th
Deodorant 3 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Detoxicant 3 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic? 2 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator 1 *
Diuretic 6 *
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 5 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *