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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2700.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-PINENE | 13 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BETA-SITOSTEROL | 47 | Root | not available | 510.0 | -0.26 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| BETA-TURMERONE | 5 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE | 1 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-(P-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1360.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-(PARA-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1360.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 16 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 16 | Rhizome | 6.6 | 16200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 16 | Root | not available | 400.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BIS-DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 5 | Rhizome | 67.0 | 28000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISABOLA-3,10-DIEN-2-ONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 13.5 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISABOLENE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISACUMOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 2.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISACURONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 9.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORNEOL | 35 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |