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
(+)-(S)-AR-TURMERONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	0	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-AR-TURMERONE	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SABINENE	0	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-SABINENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	27.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,5-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4-PENTADIEN-3-ONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-1,4,6-HEPTATRIEN-3-ONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,4,6-TRIENE-3-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXYPHENYL)-1-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE	2	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Leaf	not available	330.0	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Rhizome	30.0	9575.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-5-(4-HYDROXY-PHENYL)-PENTA-TRANS-1-TRANS-4-DIEN-3-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	13.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXY-PHENYL)-7-(3,4-DIHYDROXY-PHENYL)-HEPTA-1,6-DIENE-3,5-DIONE	0	Rhizome	not available	4.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1-HYDROXY-1,7-BIS-(4-HYDROXY-3-METHOXYPHENYL)-6-HEPTENE-3,5-DIONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIHYDROXY-BISABOLA-3,10-DIENE	0	Rhizome	not available	3.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-BORNANOL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.

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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
Anticirrhotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric	4	Duke, 1992 *
Anticoeliac	1	Martindale's 28th
Anticold	2	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic	4	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticollagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticomplementary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Anticorneotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary	4	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	4	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antidementia	5	Duke, 1992 *