Turmeric curcumin is a natural compound with excellent anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. Among them, turmeric contains about 3% to 6% turmeric extract, which is a rare pigment in the plant kingdom with a diketone structure. Curcumine is an orange yellow crystalline powder with a slightly bitter taste and is insoluble in water.
It is mainly used in food production for coloring products such as intestinal products, canned goods, and soy sauce. turmeric extract has the effects of reducing blood fat, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, cholagogic, antioxidant, etc. In addition, some scientists found that curcumin tablets is helpful in the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Curcumin was first isolated as a low relative molecular weight polyphenolic compound from Curcuma longa L. in 1870. The chemical structure of its bisferulic methane was elucidated in 1910, and subsequent research on its physiological and pharmacological effects made significant progress.
With the deepening of research on curcumin, it has been found that it has a wide range of pharmacological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, lipid regulating, anti-virus, anti infection, anti-tumor, anticoagulant, anti liver fibrosis, anti atherosclerosis, and low toxicity and small adverse reactions.
The curcumin is currently one of the best-selling natural food pigments in the world, and is a food additive approved by the World Health Organization, the US Food and Drug Administration, and multiple countries. What attracts researchers is not only curcumin as a non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, but also because of its chemopreventive properties, curcumin has a wide range of preventive properties against diseases. Given that modern medical research has found that the occurrence of numerous diseases in the human body is related to the formation of free radicals and the involvement of inflammatory reactions, the antioxidant activity and anti-inflammatory effects of curcumin have attracted widespread attention from scholars at home and abroad.
Application:
Food Additives:
Curcumin has long been widely used as a commonly used natural pigment in the food industry, mainly for dyeing canned goods, intestinal products, and soy sauce products. Its usage is determined by normal production needs.
The product form of functional foods mainly composed of curcumin can be general food or some non food forms, such as capsules, pills, or tablets. For general food forms, yellow colored foods such as pastries, desserts, beverages, etc. can be considered.
Curcumin is a food additive approved by the Codex Alimentarius Commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Curcumin also has a preservative effect. At present, curcumin is widely used as a seasoning and pigment in the food industry. Turmeric was a substitute for the precious spice saffron in medieval Europe, and was also an indispensable traditional curry in Indian life, a common grilled meat roll in the Middle East, a common seasoning in Persian and Thai cuisine, and a common pigment in mustard sauce.
Turmeric pigments used for Food Coloring are mainly divided into four categories: water-soluble turmeric oil, water-soluble purified turmeric, oil soluble purified turmeric, and purified turmeric powder. At present, water soluble and oil soluble curcumin products have been developed in China, and various shades of curcumin have been produced through compounding, which has been widely used in pasta, beverages, fruit wine, candy, cakes, cans, fruit juice and cooking dishes. As compound condiments, it has been used in chicken essence compound flavoring, puffed condiments, instant noodles and puffed products, convenient food flavoring, hot pot sauce, paste essence spices, seasoning Pickled vegetables Beef jerky products, etc. China is one of the main producers of turmeric internationally, with abundant resources. Currently, its annual production has reached tens of thousands of tons, and it has a good market advantage.
Chemical indicator
Used as an acid-base indicator, pH 7.8 (yellow) -9.2 (red brown).
Medicine
Curcumin turmeric vitamins is a commonly used medicine, and its main bioactive components are curcumin and volatile oil. The former has effects such as lowering blood lipids, anticoagulation, antioxidant, choleretic, and anti-cancer; The latter mainly has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and cough relieving effects.
Curcumins exert their anticancer effects by inducing differentiation of malignant tumor cells, inducing tumor cell apoptosis, and inhibiting tumor growth in various stages, and are widely used in clinical practice.
1. Anti cancer
Curcumin powder is a plant polyphenol extracted from turmeric, and it is also the most important active ingredient for turmeric to exert pharmacological effects. In recent years, research has not only demonstrated the traditional effects of turmeric, but also revealed some new pharmacological effects, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, oxygen free radical scavenging, anti human immunodeficiency virus, liver and kidney protection, anti fibrotic, and anti-cancer effects, which may be related to its inhibition of nuclear factors- κ The activation and expression of transcription factors such as B and activator protein-1 are related, and there are no significant toxic side effects.
2. Senile dementia
Animal experiments at Duke University in the United States have shown that curcumin capsules in curry not only breaks down amyloid protein in the brains of experimental mice, but also prevents the production of this protein. Researchers have pointed out that frequent consumption of curry may also have similar effects on people, which can help prevent dementia in the elderly.
Many studies have shown that the accumulation of amyloid protein in the brain is one of the main causes of senile dementia. Previous studies have shown that curcumin, a key component in curry, has the effect of preventing brain nerve cell damage and improving brain nerve cell function.
According to American media reports, researchers at Duke University have genetically modified experimental mice to produce many amyloid proteins in their brains. The researchers then provided these experimental mice with a diet rich in curcumin, and found that amyloid protein in the brains of the mice was broken down. The same diet also prevented amyloid protein from appearing in the brains of the mice in adulthood.
3. Anti-inflammatory
Inflammation is a complex process caused by cell infection and/or tissue damage, resulting in a series of chain reactions that ultimately lead to the rapid development of certain chronic diseases. Given that inflammation plays an important role in most chronic diseases, anti-inflammatory drugs are needed to prevent it. Although some different steroid and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Semicoxib, Aspirin, Ibuprofen, Betamethasone, etc. can be used to treat inflammatory diseases, most of them have side effects. Research has found that the anti-inflammatory activity of curcumin extract can be compared to steroid and non-steroidal drugs, such as indomethacin and paclitaxel, and is generally safe.
