Definition of Curcumin

1. n. The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.

Definition of Curcumin

1. Noun. (chemistry) a polyphenol; the active ingredient of the spice turmeric ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curcumin

1. the saffron-yellow colouring matter of turmeric [n -S]

Medical Definition of Curcumin

1. An ingredient of the spice turmeric. Laboratory studies have suggested that curcurnin inhibits HIV replication by blocking the long-terminal repeat region on HIV's genes. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curcumin

curbs
curbside
curbsides
curbstone
curbstoner
curbstoners
curbstones
curby hock
curcas
curch
curches
curculio
curculionidous
curculios
curcumas
curcumin (current term)
curcuminoid
curcuminoids
curcumins
curcurion
curd
curd cheese
curded
curdier
curdiest
curdiness
curding
curdlan
curdlans
curdle

Literary usage of Curcumin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Indicators and Test-papers: Their Source, Preparation, Application, and by Alfred Isaac Cohn (1902)
"Source: curcumin is a coloring-matter obtained from the roots of Curcuma longa ... Preparation : curcumin is obtained by first exhausting curcuma roots with ..."

2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"After due recrystallization from alcohol curcumin forms yellow crystals, having an odour of vanilla, and exhibiting a fine bluo in reflected light. ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"Thus prepared, curcumin crystallises from hot alcohol in thick needles or prisms, ... curcumin is odourless when pure, melts at 178°, and is only slightly ..."

4. Introduction to the Study of Organic Chemistry by Adolf Pinner (1882)
"Paper colored yellow with curcumin is turned brownish-red by alkaline liquids, and on drying becomes •violet. Acids turn it yellow again. ..."

5. Colorimetric Analysis by Foster Dee Snell (1921)
"METHOD A. BORIC ACID BY curcumin. The red coloration produced by boric acid when treated with oxalic acid and curcumin is especially adapted to the ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Curcumin on Dictionary.com!Search for Curcumin on Thesaurus.com!Search for Curcumin on Google!Search for Curcumin on Wikipedia!

Search