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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPROCURCUMENOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| L-BETA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 2300.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | 125.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome | not available | 80.0 | -1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 1600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1600.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 3038.0 | 9800.0 | 1.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 2.5 | 8.2 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | 33.0 | 78.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONODESMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 22.0 | 70.0 | -0.09 | 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 * |