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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastric | 1 | Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85. |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigastrotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiglossitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiglutamaergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglycosuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigonadotrophic | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antigonadotropic | 2 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antigout | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiGTF | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihangover | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Ohnishi, M., Morishita, H., Iwahashi, H., Toda, S., Shirataki, Y., Kimura, M., and Kido, R. 1993. Inhibitory Effects of Chlorogenic Acids on Linoleic Acid Peroxidation and Haemolysis. Phytochemistry. 36(3): 579-583. 1994. |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihepatitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |