Turmeric Root or Curcuma Root,Phytochemicals and Applications.

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Basic Botanical Data and Identification of Turmeric Root.Curcuma Root.

Curcuma Root Extract INCI Name Curcuma Longa Extract CAS 84775-52-0 EINECS ELINCS No 283-882-1 Turmeric extract Turmeric Rhizome aqueous turmeric extract Alcoholic turmeric extract Curcumin whole extract of turmeric root photo picture image Turmeric Root(Curcuma Root)
 Latin: Radix Curcumae;Curcuma aromatica;Rhizoma Curcumae Longae
 Official Latin Name: Curcuma longa
 Chinese Name: Yu jin
 Medical Name: Radix curcuma
 Other Names: Curcuma, Curcuma species, Indian Saffron;Curcuma domestica Valenton., C. rotunda L., C. xanthorrhiza Naves, Amomoum curcuma Jacq,Khamin

 Selected vernacular names:Acafrao, arqussofar, asabi-e-safr, avea, cago rerega, chiang-huang, common tumeric, curcum, curcuma, dilau, dilaw, Gelbwurzel, gezo, goeratji, haladi, haldi, haldu, haku halu, hardi, haridra, huang chiang, hsanwen, hurid, Indian saffron, jianghuang, kaha, kakoenji, kalo haledo, khamin chan, khaminchan, kilunga kuku, kitambwe, kiko eea, koening, koenit, koenjet, kondin, kooneit, kunyit, kurcum, kurkum, Kurkumawurzelstock, luyang dilaw, mandano, manjano, manjal, nghe, nisha, oendre, pasupu, rajani, rame, renga, rhizome de curcuma, saffran vert, safran, safran des indes, skyer-rtsa, tumeric, tumeric root, tumeric rhizome, turmeric, ukon, ul gum, wong keong, wong keung, yellow root, yii-chin, zardchob.
   Curcuma Root Extract INCI Name Curcuma Longa Extract CAS 84775-52-0 EINECS ELINCS No 283-882-1 Turmeric extract Turmeric Rhizome aqueous turmeric extract Alcoholic turmeric extract Curcumin whole extract of turmeric root photo picture image
 Part Used:Dried rhizome.
 Habitat:Southern Asia. Cultivated in China, Bengal and Java.
 Properties: Pungent and bitter in flavor, cold in nature, it is related to the liver, gall-bladder and heart channels.
 Definition:Rhizoma Curcumae Longae is the dried rhizome of Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae).

 Dried rhizomes of Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Lee et C. Ling, C. kwangsiensis S. Lee et C.F. Liang. and C. phaeocaulis Val. are also official sources of Radix Curcumae or Turmeric Root-Tuber in China.

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last edit date:15th,June.2009.