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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
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Curcumin
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 ..."
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