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
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 *

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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
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarachidonate	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarthritic	12	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	11	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	23	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticancer	12	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	2	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix)	3	Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Duodenum)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung)	1	Duke, 1992 *