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Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
| 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 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Detoxicant (Alcohol) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diaphoretic? | 2 | Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90. |
| Differentiator | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Diuretic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Dye | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Ecbolic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |