Nutraceutical value of pure curcumin

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Pharmacognosy Magazine,2017,13,49s,s161-s163.
DOI:10.4103/0973-1296.203988
Published:April 2017
Type:Letter to the editor
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Biji T Kurien1, Hiroyuki Matsumoto2, R Hal Scofield1
1Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK; Department of Arthritis and Clinical Immunology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK; Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
2Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Clinical Proteomics and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

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Sir, Commercial curcumin contains pure curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin (77%, 17%, 3%, respectively) of which only demethoxycurcumin is soluble in water at 25ο C [Figure 1]. However, when solubilized with heat, all three curcuminoids become solubilized. These results suggest that biological effects of curcumin rendered in humans or animals when administered in powder form are mainly due to demethoxycurcumin. Read More...

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Kurien BT, Matsumoto H, R Scofield H. Nutraceutical value of pure curcumin. Pharmacognosy Magazine [Internet]. 2017;13(49s):s161-s163. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28479742