Curcumin Tumeric Root Extract Curcuma Longa Linn Extract 458-37-7

Plant Extract Powder Curcumin Tumeric Root Extract Curcuma Longa Linn Extract CAS 458-37-7

Product Description
 

The main sources of curcumin are the root of radix curcumae, the rhizome of turmeric, curcuma zedoary and acorus calamus, etc. Among them, turmeric contains about 3% to 6% curcumin, which is a rare pigment with diketone structure in the plant world. Curcumin is an orange-yellow crystalline powder, slightly bitter in taste, insoluble in water, soluble in ethanol, propylene glycol, easily soluble in glacial acetic acid and alkali solution, reddish brown when alkaline, yellow when neutral and acidic.

Curcumin has strong stability to reducing agents, strong coloring feature, and is not easy to fade after coloring, but it is sensitive to light, heat and iron ions, and has poor light resistance, heat resistance and iron ion resistance.

Curcumin is a commonly used flavoring and food coloring, it has the effects of lowering blood lipids, anti-tumor, anti-inflammation, anti-oxidation, etc.

Function and application of curcumin:

- Food additives

Curcumin has been widely used in the food industry as a common natural pigment for a long time, mainly used in the dyeing of cans, intestinal products, sauce and brine products. At present, China has developed water-soluble and oil-soluble curcumin products comparable with other countries, and produced a variety of shades of curcumin through the combination, which has been widely used in pasta, beverages, fruit wine, candy, pastry, canned food, fruit juice and cooking dishes, ect.

- Medical Applications

1. Fight cancer
Curcumin plays an anticancer role by inducing differentiation of malignant tumor cells, inducing apoptosis of tumor cells and inhibiting tumor growth at different stages.
2. Anti-inflammation
Curcumin has an inhibitory effect on a variety of fungi and inflammation. The anti-inflammatory activity of curcumin was found to be comparable to that of steroidal and non-steroidal drugs, such as indomethacin and butazone, and is safe in most cases.
3. Prevent Alzheimer's disease
The accumulation of amyloid protein in the brain is one of the main causes of Alzheimer's disease. Studies have shown that curcumin can break down amyloid protein and prevent the production of this protein, thereby preventing brain nerve cell damage and improving brain nerve cell function.

- As ingredients in health food

The health food containing Curcumin, about their health function description, the most is to enhance immunity, followed by liver protection, and then the lipid lowering function. Other benefits include increasing bone density, improving sleep, and antioxidants. In the 48 health foods containing Curcumin that have been approved in China, Curcumin is in formulation with other ingredients.
Formulation of liver protection: Curcumin with Reishi, kudzu, Schisandra chinensis, Hovenia dulcis, etc.
Formulation of enhancing immunity: Curcumin with Reishi, Astragalus, American ginseng, Chinese privet, etc.
Formulation of lowering blood lipids: Curcumin with salvia miltiorrhiza, red yeast rice, Panax notoginseng, hawthorn, etc.