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Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
| 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| BORON | 4 | Root | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.67 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Myorelaxant | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Nephrotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroprotective | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Scavenger | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Occuloirritant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |