Turmeric Root or Curcuma Root,Phytochemicals and Applications.
Contents:
- Basic Botanical Data and Identification of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Description of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Origin of Curcuma root.
- Curcuma Root Appearance and characters.
- Powdered plant material of Curcuma Root.
- Chemical assays and Phytochemicals of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Medicinal uses of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Experimental pharmacology of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Functions of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Curcuma Root Suggestions and Administrations.
- Literature from Chinese historical sources:Curcuma Root.
- Modern Researches of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.
- Curcuma longa Common Application.
- Dose escalation of a curcuminoid formulation.
- Effect of Curcuma longa and Ocimum sanctum on myocardial apoptosis in experimentally induced myocardial ischemic-reperfusion injury.
- Quality control including chromatographic fingerprint profiling.
- Research Update:Curcumae Longae.Curcuma longa.
Applications and Properties:
Applications:
Antioxidant.
Anticancer.Anti-mutagenic.
Inhibition of beta-amyloid and Anti-aging,Alzheimer's disease prevent.
Mental alert improves mental functions.
Lower serum levels.Anti-chlostroleamic.Hypocholesterolaemic.
Systemic absorption.
Anti-inflammatory.
Against peptic ulcer and dyspepsia.
Anti-diabetic activity.
Gastric and duodenal anti-ulcer activity.
Anti-hepatotoxic activity/Hepato protective activity.
Anti-fungal activity.
Properties:
Treats pains in the chest, hypochondria (extreme depression) and abdomen due to qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Treats coma due to a febrile disease and mental disorder with epilepsy due to stagnation of phlegm.
Treats damp-heat syndromes of the liver and gall-bladder.
Treats bleeding syndromes due to adverse-rising of qi and fire, such as hematemesis (vomiting of blood), epistaxis (nosebleed) and retrograde menstruation.
Dosage: 6-12 g. Decoct or grind into powder for oral administration.Deflatulance: Taken 0.5-1.0 g four times a day after meals and at bedtime.
Safety and Toxicity:
Tumeric powder produced no acute toxicity in mice when given at the dose of 10g/kg body weight.LD50 of ethanolic extract in mice was more than 15g/kg either by p.o., s.c. or i.p. administration.
Reference:
1.Turmeric Root or Curcuma Root,Phytochemicals and Applications.
last edit date:8th,Mar.2010.
- Name:Curcuma Root Extract
- Serie No:R088.
- Specifications:10:1 TLC.
- INCI Name:CURCUMA LONGA EXTRACT
- EINECS/ELINCS No.:283-882-1
- CAS:84775-52-0
- Chem/IUPAC Name:Curcuma Longa Extract is an extract of the rhizomes of the turmeric, Curcuma longa, Zingiberaceae





