1.莪術(shù)根莖含揮發(fā)油,油中主成分為莪術(shù)呋喃烯酮(curzenone)占44.93%,龍腦(borneo1)占4.28%,大牻牛兒酮(pormacrone)占6.16%,還含α-和β-蒎烯(pinene),樟烯(camphene),檸檬烯(limonene),l,8-按葉素(l,8-cineole),松油烯(terpinen),異龍腦(isborneol),丁香烯(caryophyllene),姜黃烯(curcumene),丁香烯環(huán)氧化物(caryophyllene epoxide),姜黃酮(turme),芳姜黃酮(ar-turmerone),莪術(shù)二酮(cudione)以及莪術(shù)烯醇(curcurmenol),異莪術(shù)烯醇(isourecumenol)等。另含二呋喃莪術(shù)烯酮(difurocumenone),莪術(shù)二醇(aerugi-diol)。又含抗氧化劑活性的姜黃素類(curcuminoids)化合物。
2.廣西莪術(shù)根莖含揮發(fā)油,油中主成分為龍腦占11.33%,莪術(shù)呋喃酮占9.92%,大牻牛兒酮占7.0%,莪術(shù)醇(curcumol)占4.15%,還含α-和β-蒎烯,樟烯,檸檬烯,1,8-桉葉素,松油烯,異龍腦,松油醇(terpineol),丁香烯,丁香油酚(eugenol),姜黃烯,姜黃酮,芳姜黃酮,莪術(shù)二酮以及芳樟醇(linalool),β-及δ欖香烯(elemene),葎草烯(humulene),釣樟薁(linderazulene),異莪術(shù)烯醇等。又含桂莪術(shù)內(nèi)酯(gweicurculactone),β-谷甾醇(β-sitosterol),胡蘿卜甙(daucosterol),棕櫚酸(palmiticl acid),以及鋅、鐵、鈦、鎳、鋇、鍶、鉛、鎘、銅、鉻、鋁等微量元素。
3.溫郁金根莖含揮發(fā)油,油中主成分為大牻牛兒酮占20.35%,莪術(shù)二酮占14.76%,莪術(shù)醇占7.66%,還含α-及β-蒎烯,樟烯,檸檬烯,1,8-桉葉素,龍腦,異龍腦,樟腦(camphor),松油醇,丁香烯,丁香油酚,姜黃烯,姜烯(zingiberene),莪術(shù)呋喃烯酮,姜黃酮。另含溫郁金萜醇(Wenjin),莪術(shù)呋喃二烯(fu-ranodiene),(1R,10R)-環(huán)氧-左旋-l,10-二氫莪術(shù)二酮[(1R,10R)-epox-(-)-1,10-dihydrocurdione],(4S,5S)大牻牛兒酮4,5-環(huán)氧化物[(4S,5S)-germacrone-4,5-epoxide],莪術(shù)雙環(huán)烯酮(curcumenone),(IS,10S),(4S,5S)大牻中兒酮-1(10),4-雙環(huán)氧化物[(IS,10S),(4S 5S)-germacrone-l(10),4-diepoxi-de], 溫郁金螺內(nèi)酯(curcumalactone),姜黃素(curcumin),去甲氧基姜黃素(desmethoxycurcumin),雙去甲氧基姜黃素(bisdethoxy curcumin),β-谷甾醇。