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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| 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. |