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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ISOBORNEOL | 7 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOPROCURCUMENOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 1.6 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| L-ALPHA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| L-BETA-CURCUMENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | 18000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | not available | 2300.0 | -0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Leaf | not available | 125.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome | not available | 80.0 | -1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 2300.0 | -0.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 1600.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 1600.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MAGNESIUM | 65 | Plant | 3038.0 | 9800.0 | 1.78 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Plant | 2.5 | 8.2 | -0.64 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Rhizome | 33.0 | 78.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONODEMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MONODESMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 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. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Plant | 22.0 | 70.0 | -0.09 | 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. |