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
TERPINEOL	18	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Leaf	115.0	485.0	0.39	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Rhizome	0.0	8.0	0.17	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
THIAMINE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TOLYL-METHYLCARBINOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIETHYLCURCUMIN	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERIN	3	Rhizome	not available	1000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Rhizome	1800.0	43200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	240700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONOL-A	1	Rhizome	not available	282.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONOL-B	1	Rhizome	not available	193.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-A	3	Rhizome	33.0	6600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-B	2	Rhizome	not available	47.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-C	0	Rhizome	52.0	315.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UKONAN-D	0	Rhizome	not available	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNSATURATED-FATTY-ACIDS	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VANILLIC-ACID	24	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	not available	690000.0	-0.35	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
Inotropic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insect-Repellent	2	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	8	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Interferon-Synergist	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Irritant	14	Duke, 1992 *
Juvabional	2	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide	4	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
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.