Turmeric Root or Curcuma Root,Phytochemicals and Applications.

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Curcuma Root Appearance and characters.

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 The primary rhizome is ovate, oblong or pear-shaped round turmeric, while the secondary rhizome is often short-branched long turmeric; the round form is about half as broad as long; the long form is from 2-5 cm long and 1-1.8 cm thick; externally yellowish to yellowish brown, with root scars and annulations, the latter from the scars of leaf bases; fracture horny; internally orange- yellow to orange; waxy, showing a cortex separated from a central cylinder by a distinct endodermis
 Smell:Odour, aromatic; taste, warmly aromatic and bitter. Drug when chewed colours the saliva yellow.

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last edit date:15th,June.2009.