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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Edemagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emetic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Epileptigenic | 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. |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Estrogenic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Fibrinolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fistula-Preventive | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| FLavor | 17 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 20 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |