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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Curcuma xanthorrhiza (Zingiberaceae)

Common Names
Javan Turmeric; Temu Lawak
How this plant is used
Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MONODESMETHOXYCURCUMIN 0 Rhizome 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 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 *
TURMERONE 4 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
XANTHORRHIZOL 0 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINGIBERENE 6 Rhizome List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
ZINGIBEROL 0 Rhizome 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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
NO-Scavenger 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 1 *
P450-Inhibitor 1 *
Perfumery 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 5 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phototoxic 1 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Plasmodicide 1 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 1 Rao, C. V., Rivenson, A., Simi, B., Reddy, B. S. 1995. Chemoprevention of Colon Carcinogenesis by Dietary Curcumin, a Naturally Occurring Plant Phenolic Compound. Cancer Research, 55(2): 259-266.
Protease-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 1 *
Protein-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 *
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Pulmonoprotective 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 1 Singletary, K., et al. 1998. Effect of the Beta-Diketones Diferoloylmethane (Curcumin) and Dibenzoylmethane on Rat Mammary DNA Adducts and Tumors Induced by 7,12-dimethylbenz(A)anthracene. Carcinogenesis, 19(6): 1039-1043.
Radioprotective 1 *
Sedative 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Sortase-A-Inhibitor 1 *
Sucrase-Promoter 1 *