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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
WATER 0 Rhizome 133000.0 -1.11 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ZEDOARONDIOL 0 Rhizome 35.0 *
ZINC 77 Plant 0.5 1.5 -0.50 *
ZINC 77 Rhizome 22.0 -0.37 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Rhizome 750.0 18000.0 1.00 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Rhizome Essent. Oil 81400.0 *
ZINGIBERENE 6 Root *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Myorelaxant 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Nematicide 12 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Neoplastic 1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephrotoxic 1 *
Neuroprotective 4 *
Neurotoxic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Genic 1 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Scavenger 3 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 1 *
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 5 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Ozone-Scavenger 1 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 3 *