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Plant Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Turmeric; Indian Saffron
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
DEHYDROTURMERONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 20 Rhizome 6.6 11100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN 20 Root not available 500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome 500.0 28000.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
DI-P-COUMAROYL-METHANE 2 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DICINNAMOYLMETHANE 1 Rhizome not available not available not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DIDESMETHOXYCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
DIFERULOYL-METHANE 1 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome not available 57.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Leaf not available 4100.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant 15500.0 80000.0 5.34 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Rhizome 3000.0 72000.0 0.38 Duke, 1992 *
EPI-PROCURCUMENOL 2 Rhizome not available 1.3 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Essential Oil not available 2100.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 2100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL 76 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Plant 28830.0 93000.0 0.60 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Rhizome 18000.0 153000.0 2.43 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
FERULOYL-4-HYDROXYCINNAMOYL-METHANE 1 Plant 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
Stomachic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Sucrase-Promoter 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sunscreen 1 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.
Surfactant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Sweetener 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Teratologic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 2 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 4 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 7 Duke, 1992 *
Trichomonicide 5 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.