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
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 *

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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.