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
BETA-PINENE	13	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	2700.0	-0.05	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE	13	Tuber	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SESQUIPHELLANDRENE	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Root	not available	510.0	-0.26	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
BETA-TURMERONE	5	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(4-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(P-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	1360.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-(PARA-HYDROXY-CINNAMOYL)-METHANE	0	Rhizome	not available	1360.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	16	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	16	Rhizome	6.6	16200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DEMETHOXYCURCUMIN	16	Root	not available	400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BIS-DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	5	Rhizome	67.0	28000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLA-3,10-DIEN-2-ONE	0	Rhizome	not available	13.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISABOLENE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISACUMOL	0	Rhizome	not available	2.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BISACURONE	0	Rhizome	not available	9.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BORNEOL	35	Rhizome Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
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.