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
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	not available	37.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	23.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Root	11.0	18.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TURMERONE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE	13	Rhizome	740.0	5800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	183800.0	596870.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	10000.0	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Rhizome	0.0	293.0	-0.34	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Plant	9920.0	32000.0	-1.61	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Rhizome	9000.0	148000.0	0.82	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AZULENE	10	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	6.0	18.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Rhizome	not available	0.0	-0.75	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	2700.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	not available	215.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome	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
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.