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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antihepatoadenomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotoxic | 7 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihistaminic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihypercholesterolemic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antihyperkeratotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperkinetic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihyperlipoproteinaemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihypertensive | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihyperthyroid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihypoglycemic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiichythyotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiimpotence | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |