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
CHROMIUM	24	Rhizome	not available	6.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	29200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOL	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINEOLE	0	Essential Oil	not available	29200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CINNAMIC-ACID	18	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Plant	0.5	1.5	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Rhizome	not available	1.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Rhizome	6.0	17.0	1.45	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINYL-ALCOHOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	121700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	121700.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL	3	Essential Oil	not available	21300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL	3	Rhizome	not available	65.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENOL	3	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	21300.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	26.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN	135	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN	135	Resin, Exudate, Sap	not available	175000.0	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
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.