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
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 *

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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
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 *