1. Latin Name: Curcuma longa Linn 2. Appearance: Saffron yellow Powder 3. Plant part used: Root 4. Active Ingredient: Curcumin 5. Specification: 95% by HPLC 6. Test Method: HPLC Some of curcumin from zingiberaceae, araceae plant extract of...

1. Latin Name: Curcuma longa Linn
2. Appearance: Saffron yellow Powder
3. Plant part used: Root
4. Active Ingredient: Curcumin
5. Specification: 95% by HPLC
6. Test Method: HPLC

Some of curcumin from zingiberaceae, araceae plant extract of the roots of a kind of chemical composition,
among them, turmeric contains about 3% ~ 6%, and the plant kingdom rare pigment with diketone, into two
ketone compounds.Curcumin is orange yellow crystalline powder, slightly bitter taste. Does not dissolve in
water, In food production is mainly used for sausage products, canned and sauced products and other pro
-ducts of colouring. Medical studies have shown that Curcumin has a lipid-lowering, anti-cancer, anti-inflam
matory and cholagogic, anti oxidation effect.
 

[physical]- orange yellow crystalline powder, melting point 183 °.Insoluble in water and ethyl ether, soluble in
ethanol and glacial acetic acid.
 [component classification]- according to duke university animal experiments show that the curcumin in the
curry can decompose mice amyloid in the brain, can prevent the formation of the protein.And a lot of amy
loid deposition in the brain is the major cause of dementia, eat 1-3 times each week curry can prevent alz
heimer's disease.
 

Curcumin is extracted from curcuma zingiberaceae plants a pigment, there are also other zingiberaceae
plants.Modern research found that curcumin can inhibit the inflammation, the action of antioxidant, anti
rheumatoid.The VITY vitamin magazine report: "the main pharmacological effects of curcumin has anti-
oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticoagulation, lipid-lowering, anti atherosclerosis, anti-aging, eliminate free
radical and inhibit tumor growth, etc., in November 2006, a journal of the American journal of arthritis
and rheumatism article points out that curcumin can prevent the joint swelling, arthritis, and effective
on cardiovascular disease, cancer, etc.
 

Main Function

1. Improve immunity.
2. Helping to prevent dementia.
3. Antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,antifungal.
4. Preventing the body from the damages of free radicals.
5. Preventing swelling of the joint, arthritis, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
6.Having anticoagulant, lipid-lowering, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-aging,and inhibiting growth of tumor

Application

1. Mainly used as flavor additive to pigments and foods,
2. It also has a good performances such as anticancer, anti,inflammatory  antioxidation, antimutagenics,
Lipoidemia reducing and etc.
3. Now it is used as a food coloring since it normally gives food (slightly yellow color) is used to protect
food products from sunlight. 
4. The curcumin/polysorbate solution or curcumin powder dissolved in alcohol is used for water-containing
products. 
Over-coloring, such as in pickles, relishes, and mustard, is sometimes used to compensate for fading.

 Food

 

For sausage products, canned and sauced products and other products of colouring, its usage according
to production needs may be.
Industrial uses

1.Curcumin
And Curcumin as a very early natural pigments are used in the food industry (E100). Mainly used for, sausage
products, canned products, cooked in soy sauce stain.
2, used as acid-base indicator, pH 7.8 (yellow)-9.2 (red-brown).