Curcumin, an active component of turmeric (
Curcuma longa), and its effects on health.
Chemical composition and product quality control of turmeric (
Curcuma longa L.).
Diarylheptanoids with free radical scavenging and hepatoprotective activity in vitro from
Curcuma longa. Planta Med 2001;67:876-7.
It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant (
Curcuma longa) of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) that has received much interest from the culinary world as well as from the medical and scientific worlds [6, 7].
Fresh Nigeria ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) and turmeric (
Curcuma longa Linn) rhizomes were purchased from the local market of Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
For the COX inhibition assay, all the curcumins isolated from
Curcuma longa rhizomes (i.e., curcumin I, curcumin II (monodemethoxycurcumin), and curcumin III (bisdemethoxycurcumin)) displayed greater inhibition of COX-2 compared to COX-1 at the same test concentration [35].
Hoang Minh Chau Hung Yen is located in Chi Tan Village, Khoai Chau District, Hung Yen Province, Vietnam that specialises in cultivating and processing of turmeric (
curcuma longa).
Turmeric from Malaysia (
Curcuma longa) has been reported to contain 0.094 mg/g of TFC of dry sample [24], while Sumazian et al.
The turmeric plant (
Curcuma longa or Curcuma domestica) is a relative of ginger grown in India and Indonesia.