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
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2700.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	510.0	-0.26	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-TURMERONE	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(P-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	1360.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(PARA-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	1360.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	16	Rhizome	6.6	16200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	16	Root	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	5	Rhizome	67.0	28000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLA-3,10-DIEN-2-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	13.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISACUMOL	0	Rhizome	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISACURONE	0	Rhizome	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Rhizome Essent. Oil	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
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathione-Depleting	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	9	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoregenerative	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.
Hepatotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	9	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.
Histamine-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor	1	Nakane, H., Fukushima, M., and Ono*, K. Differential Inhibition Of Reverse Transcriptase And Various DNA Polymerases By Digallic Acid And Its Derivatives. Journal of Natural Products, 53(5): 1234-1240, 1990.