Jasneet Kaur, Dileep Kumar

Role of curcumin and its analogues in various diseases

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Curcumin is a bright yellow chemical produced by Curcuma longa plants. It is the principal curcuminoid of turmeric (Curcuma longa), a member of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is sold as an herbal supplement, cosmetics ingredient, food flavoring, and food coloring. Chemically, curcumin is a diarylheptanoid, belonging to the group of curcuminoids, which are natural phenols responsible for turmeric's yellow color. It is a tautomeric compound existing in enolic form in organic solvents and in keto form in water turmeric is a spice that has received much interest from both the medical/scientific worlds as well as from the culinary world. Turmeric is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant (Curcuma longa) of the ginger family.The medicinal properties of turmeric, the source of curcumin, have been known for thousands of years; however, the ability to determine the exact mechanism(s)of action and to determine the bioactive components has recently been investigated.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 4mm
• Gewicht: 102g
• ISBN-13: 9786203574029
• ISBN-10: 6203574023
• Artikelnr.: 61459032

Autorenporträt

Dileep Kumar se licenció en Farmacia por el Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, de la Universidad de Manipal, y obtuvo un doctorado y una beca postdoctoral en el IIT (BHU) de Varanasi. En la actualidad, imparte clases como profesor asistente en la Facultad de Farmacia de Poona, en la Universidad Bharti Vidyapeeth de Pune.