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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| BORON | 4 | Root | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.67 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |