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Product Name: | Curcumin |
CAS No.: | 458-37-7 |
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Product name | Curcumin |
CAS number | 458-37-7 |
Molecular formula | C21H20O6 |
Molecular weight | 368.38 |
Appearance | White Powder |
Purity | 99.0% |
Description | Curcumin is a yellow pigment extracted from the rhizome of turmeric. It is the most important curcuminoid substance, accounting for about 70% of curcumin and about 3% ~ 6% of turmeric. Curcumin is often sold as herbal supplements, cosmetic ingredients, food seasonings and edible pigments. In addition to curcumin, this kind of compounds also include Demethoxycurcumin (10 ~ 20%), Demethoxycurcumin (10%) and hexahydro curcumin. Chemically speaking, curcumin is diarylheptanoic acid, belonging to curcumin compounds and natural phenols that cause turmeric yellow. It is an tautomeric compound, which exists in the form of enol in organic solvent and ketone in water. |
Application | 1. Curcumin used Pharmaceutical ingredients; 2. Curcumin used as additives for functional foods and beverages, dietary supplements; natural pigment. 3. Curcumin mainly used in many foods as a coloring in mustard, cheese, beverages and cakes; 4. Curcumin used for dyspepsia, chronic anterior uveitis and Helicobacter pylori bacteria; 5. Curcumin used as a topical analgesic, and for colic, hepatitis, ringworm and chest pain. |