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
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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antieicosanoid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	2	Martindale's 29th
Antiestrogenic	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	8	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrositic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antifibrotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu	5	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular	1	Martindale's 28th