Plant Curcuma xanthorrhiza (Zingiberaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Javan Turmeric; Temu Lawak

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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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
MONODESMETHOXYCURCUMIN	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
P-TOLYMETHYCARBINOL	0	Rhizome	2500.0	4000.0	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STARCH	5	Rhizome	300000.0	400000.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
TURMERONE	4	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
XANTHORRHIZOL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINGIBERENE	6	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINGIBEROL	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.

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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
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Emetic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Emollient	1	Martindale's 29th
Expectorant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Fibrinolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
FLavor	2	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoprotective	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Hypocholesterolemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	1	Duke, 1992 *
IkappaB-alpha-Phosphorylation-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
IKB-kinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Inflammatory	1	Duke, 1992 *