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
CURCUMIN	135	Rhizome	9.0	56000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN	135	Root	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMINOIDS	9	Root	30000.0	80000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMOL	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Essential Oil	not available	11900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	11900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE	6	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURLONE	0	Rhizome	not available	120.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE	0	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE-C	0	Essential Oil	not available	20400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE-C	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	20400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLO-ISOPRENEMYRCENE	0	Rhizome	8500.0	29750.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOCURCUMIN	1	Rhizome	13.3	8000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Rhizome	30.0	720.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-CAMPHENE	0	Rhizome	not available	480.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
D-CAMPHOR	0	Rhizome	30.0	1500.0	-0.30	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-SABINENE	0	Rhizome	20.0	432.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DEHYDROCURDIONE	8	Rhizome	not available	4.5	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.