Medicinal Value of Curcuma cassia roxb: An Overview

Abstract

Curcuma caesia is commonly known as kali haldi and it belongs to the family Zingiberaceae. Black turmeric is an uncommon endemic as well as ethno medicinally important of South East Asia. This herb is available throughout north-east, central India, Papi Hills of East Godavari, West Godavari, and Andhra Pradesh. In the traditional system of medicine, fresh and dried rhizomes of Curcuma caesia are used in treating leucoderma, asthma, tumours, piles, bronchitis, bruises etc. Curcuma caesia has scientifically studied for various therapeutical activities like antioxidant, antibacterial, antipyretic, larvicidal, insecticidal, antimicrobial, wound healing and anti-hyperglycaemic. The present review is an effort to give a detailed survey of the literature on its, phytochemistry, traditional uses and therapeutical studies.

Bioactivity Screening of Thirty Black Turmeric (Curcuma caesia Roxb.) Essential Oils Against Free Radicals and MDR Isolates

“…C. caesia Roxb. (black turmeric) belongs to the family Zingiberaceae , a rhizomatous aromatic herb with tremendous therapeutic and commercial value (Sahu et al, 2016). It is characterized by a bluish-black tuberous rhizome e with a strong camphoraceous odor and a deep violet-red patch on leaves that runs throughout the length of the lamina (Mahanta et al, 2023; Singh et al, 2021).…”

“…EOs are concentrated natural products with ample secondary metabolites to counter pathogenic microbes as their survival strategy (Mahanta et al, 2022). EOs can also be used as a source of medicine in the pharmaceutical industry, as they contain many robust defense systems against pathogenic microbes (Sahu et al, 2016). Several phytochemical studies on EOs led to the identification of sesquiterpenoids and monoterpenoids as significant components that possess a wide variety of pharmacological properties (Mahanta et al, 2022).…”

“…Essential oils (EOs) are a complex mixture of several constituents, including alcohols, aldehydes, esters, ketones, oxides, and terpenoids, used in the perfumery, aromatherapy, pharmaceuticals, and agrochemical industries (Sahu et al, 2016). EOs are concentrated natural products with ample secondary metabolites to counter pathogenic microbes as their survival strategy (Mahanta et al, 2022).…”

A review on ethnobotany and promising pharmacological aspects of an endangered medicinal plant, Curcuma caesia Roxb.

“…They have parallel venation (Das et al, 2013). The rhizome is usually 2-6 cm in diameter and has camphoraceous sweet odor (Donipati and Sreeramulu, 2015;Sahu et al, 2016). The shape and size vary with the external surface bearing root scars, adventitious type root, and warts.…”