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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
CURCUMIN 135 Rhizome 9.0 56000.0 1.40 Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMIN 135 Root not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMINOIDS 9 Root 30000.0 80000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURCUMOL 3 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE 6 Essential Oil not available 11900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE 6 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE 6 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 11900.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURDIONE 6 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURLONE 0 Rhizome not available 120.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE 0 Rhizome not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE 0 Tuber not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE-C 0 Essential Oil not available 20400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CURZERENONE-C 0 Rhizome Essent. Oil not available 20400.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CYCLO-ISOPRENEMYRCENE 0 Rhizome 8500.0 29750.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
CYCLOCURCUMIN 1 Rhizome 13.3 8000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Rhizome 30.0 720.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-CAMPHENE 0 Rhizome not available 480.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
D-CAMPHOR 0 Rhizome 30.0 1500.0 -0.30 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
D-SABINENE 0 Rhizome 20.0 432.0 not available List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DEHYDROCURDIONE 8 Rhizome not available 4.5 not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticancer (Mammary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Stomach) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 5 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 9 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticatarrh 1 Martindale's 29th
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 3 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholecystosic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticholeretic 1 HerbalGram No. 17.
Anticholinesterase 1 Duke, 1992 *