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Main Function
1. Improve immunity.
2. Helping to prevent dementia.
3. Antioxidant,anti-inflammatory,antifungal.
4. Preventing the body from the damages of free radicals.
5. Preventing swelling of the joint, arthritis, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
6.Having anticoagulant, lipid-lowering, anti-atherosclerotic, anti-aging,and inhibiting growth of tumor
Application
1. Mainly used as flavor additive to pigments and foods,
2. It also has a good performances such as anticancer, anti,inflammatory antioxidation, antimutagenics, Lipoidemia reducing and etc.
3. Now it is used as a food coloring since it normally gives food (slightly yellow color) is used to protect food products from sunlight.
4. The curcumin/polysorbate solution or curcumin powder dissolved in alcohol is used for water-containing products. Over-coloring, such as in pickles, relishes, and mustard, is sometimes used to compensate for fading.
| PARAMETER | SPECIFICATION | |
| Appearance | Yellow to Orange powder | |
| soruce | Roots of Curcuma longa L. | |
| Assay | Total Crucuminoids≥95.0% by HPLC ; Curcumin≥99.0% by HPLC ; Demethoxy Curcumin≤15.0% by HPLC ; Bis-demethoxy Curcumin≤2% by HPLC |
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| Molecular formula | C21H20O6 | |
| molecular Weigh | 368.383 | |
| Ash | 10.0% | |
| Solubility | Soluble in methanol, ethanol; Insoluble in water. | |
| Stability | It is good resistant for lighting .The light make it lighter but not influence the color ,it show on the red brown when existing in base condition .the Fe3+and Cu2+ could result in changing the color. | |
| Residue on Ignition | 1% | |
| Absorbency index E11cm1%425 nm | ≥1450 | |
| Loss on drying | <4% | |
| Particle size | 80 mesh | |
| Heavy metal | <10ppm | |
| Arsenic | <2 ppm | |
| Microbiology | ||
| Total Plate Count | 1000cfu/g | |
| Yeast & Mold | <100cfu/g | |
| E.Coli | Negative | |
| Salmonella | Negative | |
| Pesticides | Negative |
