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
BORNEOL	35	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORON	4	Root	1.0	6.0	-0.67	Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron).
CAFFEIC-ACID	102	Rhizome	not available	5.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Plant	226.0	730.0	-1.38	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Rhizome	270.0	2898.0	-0.88	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CALEBIN-A	3	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Root	not available	90.0	-0.45	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPHENE	9	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE	9	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	600.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHOR	41	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAPRYLIC-ACID	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAR-3-ENE	0	Leaf	29.0	41.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Rhizome	79000.0	829000.0	0.72	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Essential Oil	not available	13400.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARYOPHYLLENE	31	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM	24	Plant	0.2	0.6	-0.81	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
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Maltase-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	2	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MMP-9-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Mosquitofuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	3	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Motor-Stimulant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *