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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIACIN | 39 | Rhizome | 5.0 | 62.0 | -1.13 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| NICKEL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | 3.8 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| O-COUMARIC-ACID | 4 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Rhizome | not available | 345.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMAROYL-FERULOYL-METHANE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Leaf | not available | 310.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Rhizome | 210.0 | 5184.0 | 2.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-METHOXY-CINNAMIC-ACID | 5 | Rhizome | not available | 360.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-TOLYL-METHYLCARBINOL | 1 | Rhizome | 500.0 | 1750.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-TOLYMETHYLCARBINOL | 1 | Rhizome | 500.0 | 1750.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Plant | 725.0 | 2340.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Rhizome | 640.0 | 6307.0 | 1.04 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Root | not available | 820.0 | -0.21 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Plant | 5239.0 | 16900.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Rhizome | 4870.0 | 41271.0 | 3.14 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| PROCURCUMENOL | 2 | Rhizome | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Plant | 31000.0 | 100000.0 | -0.60 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Rhizome | 12000.0 | 306000.0 | 2.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID | 43 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Rhizome | 90.0 | 95.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 2 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Perfume | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 14 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 4 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Phototoxic | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Plasmodicide | 4 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Sparer | 1 | Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990. |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |