I-Curcumin iyinxalenye ye-Indian spice turmeric (i-Curcumin longa), uhlobo lwejinja.I-Curcumin yenye yee-curcuminoids ezintathu ezikhoyo kwi-turmeric, ezinye ezimbini yi-desmethoxycurcumin kunye ne-bis-desmethoxycurcumin.Ezi curcuminoids zinika i-turmeric umbala wayo omthubi kwaye i-curcumin isetyenziswa njengombala wokutya otyheli kunye nesongezo sokutya.
I-Curcumin ifunyenwe kwi-rhizome eyomileyo yesityalo se-turmeric, esisisityalo esisisigxina esilinywa ngokubanzi kumzantsi nakumazantsi-mpuma e-Asia.I-rhizome okanye ingcambu icutshungulwa ukwenza i-turmeric equkethe i-2% ukuya kwi-5% ye-curcumin.

Iingcambu zeTurmeric: I-Curcumin sisithako esisebenzayo kwiyeza lesintu kunye ne-spice turmeric yokutya.

I-Curcumin ibe yinto enomdla kakhulu kunye nophando kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo ngenxa yeempawu zayo zonyango.Uphando luye lwabonisa ukuba i-curcumin yinto enamandla yokuchasana nokudumba enokunciphisa ukuvuvukala kwaye inokudlala indima kunyango lomhlaza.I-Curcumin ibonakaliswe ukunciphisa ukuguqulwa, ukwanda kunye nokusasazeka kwezicubu kwaye ifezekisa oku ngokulawulwa kwezinto ezibhaliweyo, i-cytokines evuthayo, izinto zokukhula, iprotheni kinases kunye nezinye i-enzymes.

I-Curcumin ikhusela ukwanda ngokuphazamisa umjikelo weeseli kunye nokubangela ukufa kweeseli ezicwangcisiweyo.Ngapha koko, i-curcumin inokuthintela ukusebenza kwe-carcinogens ngokucinezelwa kwe-cytochrome P450 isozymes ethile.
Kwizifundo zezilwanyana, i-curcumin ibonakaliswe ukuba ineempembelelo zokukhusela kwi-cancer yegazi, isikhumba, umlomo, imiphunga, i-pancreas kunye ne-intestinal tract.