Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe
Traditional Knowledge
Useful plant parts :
Rhizome
Uses in traditional medicine :
- A table spoon of decoction prepared by sliced fresh rhizome with juice of sugarcane is taken thrice a day for cough and cold
Scientific Research
Chemical constituents:
Terpenes: p-cymene and 1,8-cineole, curcolonol, guaidiol, curcuminoids: curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin and 3,7-dimethylindan-5-carboxylic acid from leaf oil and plant; sesquiterpenes: furanodiene, furanodienone, zederone, curzerenone, curzeone, germacrone, turmerone, dehydrocurdione, curcumenol, curcumenone and zedoaronediol from rhizomes
Bioactivity :
Rhizome oil: antimicrobial, cytotoxic, antioxidative; curcuminoids: cytotoxic against human ovarian cancer; methanol and dichloromethane extract of rhizomes: anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, analgaesic; polysaccharide fraction from plant: antitumour
Clinical:
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