turmerics

Names and Synonyms

Common Names

• turmerics
• Tumerics and allies

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Paracautleya
• Kua
• Laosanthus
• Hitcheniopsis
• Smithatris
• Hitchenia
• Dischema
• Erndlia
• Stahlianthus

Regional and Traditional Names

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant belongs to the kingdom Plantae within the phylum Streptophyta and the class Equisetopsida. Under the subclass Magnoliidae, it is categorized within the order Zingiberales and the family Zingiberaceae. Finally, its specific taxonomic classification falls under the genus Curcuma.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant exhibits a specific distribution pattern primarily centered within the tropical regions of the African continent. In West Tropical Africa, it can be found growing in Guinea-Bissau and the Ivory Coast. Its presence extends into West-Central Tropical Africa, where it is documented in the Congo. Additionally, the species inhabits the islands located within the Gulf of Guinea. Finally, the geographical range reaches further into the heart of the continent within the DR Congo.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Plant Parts

Curcuma has 3 reported plant parts identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases that are studied for medicinal purposes. The most consistently reported plant part include rhizome, root, leaf.

Rhizome

1. The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology
2. Hua xi yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences = Huaxi yike daxue xuebao
3. Food chemistry
4. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)
5. Journal of natural medicines

Root

1. Hua xi yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of West China University of Medical Sciences = Huaxi yike daxue xuebao
2. The Analyst
3. Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde

Leaf

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Chemicals

Curcuma has 15 reported phytochemicals identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include Curcuminoids, curcumin, Bisdemethoxycurcumin, Caryophyllene oxide, Curcumol.

Curcuminoids

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. International journal of pharmaceutics

curcumin

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica
2. Current pharmaceutical design

Bisdemethoxycurcumin

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Caryophyllene oxide

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Curcumol

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Curdione

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Curlone

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

D-Limonene

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Demethoxycurcumin

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Phytoestrogen

1. Journal of natural medicines

Activities

Curcuma has 3 reported activities identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antiprotozoal.

Antiinflammatory

1. Ciba Foundation symposium

Antioxidant

1. Current pharmaceutical design

Antiprotozoal

1. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Conditions

Curcuma has 10 reported investigations on conditions identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include gastrointestinal disorders, amenorrhea, arthritis, cancer, dysmenorrhea.

Gastrointestinal disorders

1. Nutrients
2. Chemistry & biodiversity

Amenorrhea

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Arthritis

1. Chemistry & biodiversity

Cancer

1. Nutrients

Dysmenorrhea

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Inflammation

1. Chemistry & biodiversity

Leprosy

1. Chemistry & biodiversity

Obesity

1. Chemistry & biodiversity

Pain

1. Nutrients

Wounds

1. Nutrients

Preparations

Curcuma has 21 reported preparations identified across 11 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include extracts, Curcuma crude drugs, Essential oils, Ezhu, SHEN QI JIN KANG (SQJK) capsule.

Extracts

1. CNS & neurological disorders drug targets
2. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland)

Curcuma crude drugs

1. Journal of natural medicines

Essential oils

1. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

Ezhu

1. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Shen qi jin kang (sqjk) capsule

1. Ai zheng = Aizheng = Chinese journal of cancer

Crude extract

1. Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.]

Dried curcuma rhizomes

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Dried hexane-extracted essential oils

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Dried hydrodistilled essential oil

1. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Extract

1. European journal of drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics