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
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	not available	37.0	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	23.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	32	Root	11.0	18.0	-0.09	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TURMERONE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.7	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE	13	Rhizome	740.0	5800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	183800.0	596870.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
AR-TURMERONE	13	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABINOSE	0	Rhizome	not available	10000.0	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Rhizome	0.0	293.0	-0.34	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
ASH	0	Plant	9920.0	32000.0	-1.61	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Rhizome	9000.0	148000.0	0.82	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
AZULENE	10	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-BISABOLENE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Plant	6.0	18.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Rhizome	not available	0.0	-0.75	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
BETA-PINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	2700.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Leaf	not available	215.0	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Tumor-Promoter	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic	2	Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor	4	Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic	3	Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Ulcerogenic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Uricosuric	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	8	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	3	Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide	1	Wealth of India.
Vulnerary	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	2	Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.