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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RESIN | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 12.0 | 1.62 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Root | not available | 765.0 | 1.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SATURATED-FATTY-ACIDS | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | 0.5 | 1.6 | -0.36 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | 6.0 | 20.0 | -0.43 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 462.0 | 1490.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Rhizome | 30.0 | 4290.0 | 4.31 | CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses |
| SODIUM-CURCUMATE | 1 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Rhizome | 300000.0 | 550000.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | 220.0 | 0.44 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SUGARS | 0 | Plant | 108500.0 | 400000.0 | 2.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SYRINGIC-ACID | 6 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 27200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Rhizome Essent. Oil | not available | 27200.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINENE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEOL | 18 | Essential Oil | not available | 500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidepressant | 7 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidermatitic | 4 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidiabetic | 11 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Wealth of India. |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiEBV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 10 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |