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Curcumin
Cur′cu-min
(-m?n)
, Noun.
(Chem.)
The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance,
C14H14O4
, with a green fluorescence. ☞ It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See
Turmeric paper
, under Turmeric
. Definition 2024
curcumin
curcumin
English
Noun
curcumin (countable and uncountable, plural curcumins)
- (chemistry) a polyphenol; the active ingredient of the spice turmeric
Translations
a polyphenol