I-Curcumin iyingxenye ye-Indian spice turmeric (i-Curcumin longa), uhlobo lwejinja.I-Curcumin ingenye yama-curcuminoid amathathu akhona ku-turmeric, amanye amabili i-desmethoxycurcumin ne-bis-desmethoxycurcumin.Lawa ma-curcuminoids anikeza i-turmeric umbala wayo ophuzi futhi i-curcumin isetshenziswa njengombala wokudla ophuzi kanye nesengezo sokudla.
I-Curcumin itholakala ku-rhizome eyomile yesitshalo se-turmeric, okuyisitshalo esingapheli esilinywa kakhulu eningizimu naseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia.I-rhizome noma impande iyacutshungulwa ukuze yakhe i-turmeric equkethe u-2% kuya ku-5% we-curcumin.

Izimpande ze-Turmeric: I-Curcumin iyisithako esisebenzayo ekhambi lendabuko le-herbal kanye ne-dietary spice turmeric.

I-Curcumin ibe yisihloko esithakaselwa kakhulu nocwaningo emashumini ambalwa eminyaka adlule ngenxa yezakhiwo zayo zokwelapha.Ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi i-curcumin iyi-ejenti enamandla yokulwa nokuvuvukala enganciphisa ukuvuvukala futhi ingase ibe nendima ekwelapheni umdlavuza.I-Curcumin iboniswe ukunciphisa ukuguqulwa, ukusabalala nokusabalala kwezicubu futhi ifinyelela lokhu ngokulawula izici zokubhalisa, ama-cytokines avuthayo, izici zokukhula, amaprotheni kinases namanye ama-enzyme.

I-Curcumin ivimbela ukwanda ngokuphazamisa umjikelezo weseli futhi ibangele ukufa kweseli okuhleliwe.Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-curcumin ingavimbela ukusebenza kwama-carcinogens ngokucindezelwa kwama-isozymes athile e-cytochrome P450.
Ezifundweni zezilwane, i-curcumin iboniswe ukuthi inemiphumela yokuvikela kumdlavuza wegazi, isikhumba, umlomo, amaphaphu, ama-pancreas kanye nomgudu wamathumbu.