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Common Names
Shoti; Zedoary
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,4-CINEOLE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| 1,8-CINEOLE | 67 | Rhizome | 902.0 | 1920.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 28 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| AMYLOSE | 0 | Tuber | not available | not available | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| BIS-DESMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 5 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 1000.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BISMETHOXYCURCUMIN | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCULONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCUMADIOL | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CURCUMANOLIDE-A | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| CURCUMANOLIDE-B | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| CURCUMENOL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCUMENONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| CURCUMIN | 135 | Rhizome | 0.0 | 1000.0 | -0.89 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CURCUMOL | 3 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CURDIONE | 6 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| CURZERENONE | 0 | Rhizome | not available | not available | not available | Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books) |
| D-ALPHA-PINENE | 0 | Rhizome | 141.0 | 300.0 | not available | ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes. |
| D-BORNEOL | 4 | Rhizome | 141.0 | 300.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-CAMPHENE | 0 | Rhizome | 329.0 | 700.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-CAMPHOR | 0 | Rhizome | 395.0 | 840.0 | -1.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticataract | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticholecystosic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticholeretic | 1 | HerbalGram No. 17. |
| Anticholinesterase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticoagulant | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticolitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticollagenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCrohn's | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| AntiEBV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieczemic | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antieicosanoid | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifatigue | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifeedant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antihalitosic | 1 | American Health, 12(4): 17, 1993. |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |