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
Protease-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor	3	Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protein-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
PTK-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Pulmonoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer	4	Singletary, K., et al. 1998. Effect of the Beta-Diketones Diferoloylmethane (Curcumin) and Dibenzoylmethane on Rat Mammary DNA Adducts and Tumors Induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(A)anthracene. Carcinogenesis, 19(6): 1039-1043.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
RES-Activator	2	Duke, 1992 *
Respirainhibitor	1	Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Rubefacient	2	Duke, 1992 *
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue	2	Duke, 1992 *
Sedative	13	Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Sortase-A-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Spasmogenic	5	Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Stimulant	1	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.