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
FERULOYL-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Rhizome	9000.0	84000.0	-1.03	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FIBER(CRUDE)	0	Plant	not available	63000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY)	0	Plant	not available	370000.0	0.06	Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOIDS	0	Rhizome	90.0	95.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE	8	Rhizome	not available	120000.0	1.41	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GAMMA-ATLANTONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
GAMMA-ATLANTONE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Leaf	not available	90.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE	11	Rhizome	not available	60.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
GERMACRON-(4S',5S)-EPOXIDE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRON-13-AL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.6	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GERMACRONE	7	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE	7	Rhizome	not available	280000.0	1.00	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
GUAIACOL	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GUAIANE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
IRON	6	Plant	25.0	80.0	-0.64	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Rhizome	121.0	467.0	0.33	Duke, 1992 *
ISOBORNEOL	7	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	200.0	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.