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What does curcumin mean?

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  1. (chemistry) A polyphenol; the active ingredient of the spice turmeric.
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Sensitivity colorants such alizarin crimson, basic fuchsin, curcumin and pararosaniline base: they tend to fade.
All samples contained one to three kinds of artificial colours, including tartrazine, sunset yellow FCF, red 2G, carmoisine and curcumin.
This led to hydrogen abstraction from dioxane by curcumin triplet state and the formation of the corresponding ketyl radical.
The other contains curcumin, a substance found in the popular Indian spice, turmeric.
Studies show that the curcumin it contains protects brain cells from degeneration.
Additionally, monascus pigments, purpurin, chlorophyllin and curcumin were reported to inhibit the mutagenicity of heterocyclic amines and other carcinogens.

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