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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-(S)-AR-TURMERONE 0 Rhizome *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Root Essent. Oil *
(+)-AR-TURMERONE 0 Rhizome *
(+)-SABINENE 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil *
(+)-SABINENE 0 Root *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 27.0 *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4-PENTADIEN-3-ONE 2 Rhizome *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4,6-HEPTATRIEN-3-ONE 2 Rhizome *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,4,6-TRIENE-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 3.0 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE 2 Rhizome *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Leaf 330.0 -0.49 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Rhizome 30.0 9575.0 0.30 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Root *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-5-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE 0 Rhizome 13.0 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,6-DIENE-3,5-DIONE 0 Rhizome 4.0 *
1-HYDROXY-1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-6-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE 2 Plant *
2,5-DIHYDROXY-BISABOLA-3,10-DIENE 0 Rhizome 3.0 *
2-BORNANOL 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Inotropic 1 *
Insect-Repellent 2 *
Insecticide 8 *
Insectifuge 20 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 2 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interferonogenic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Irritant 14 *
Juvabional 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide 4 *
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 8 *
Leptingenic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipase-Inducer 1 *
Lipolytic 1 *
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.