What is Curcumin?
Curcumin is a natural compound with good anti-inflammatory properties. Curcumin is a diketone compound extracted from the rhizomes of some plants in the Zingiberaceae and Araceae. The chemical formula is C21H20O6. Among them, turmeric contains about 3% to 6% of curcumin, which is a very rare pigment with diketone structure in the plant kingdom. Curcumin is an orange-yellow crystalline powder with a slightly bitter taste and is insoluble in water. It is mainly used for the coloring of sausage products, canned food, and soy sauce products in food production. Curcumin has the functions of lowering blood lipids, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, and antioxidant. In addition, some scientists have found that curcumin can help treat drug-resistant tuberculosis.
What is Curcumin mechanism of action?
Curcumin is a natural yellow acidic phenolic substance extracted from the rhizomes of turmeric, Curcuma longa, Curcuma longa, etc. Studies in recent years have proved that curcumin has anti-inflammatory activity, antioxidant effect, etc., especially its hepatoprotective and choleretic effects. Because of its stable color and extremely low toxicity, it is widely used in the fields of food additives, cosmetics and medicine. In recent years, curcumin has achieved certain results in animal experiments as a feed additive.
Turmeric Root Extract Benefits
1. The effect of lowering blood pressure
Turmeric alcohol extract has antihypertensive effect on anesthetized dogs, which is not affected by atropine injection and vagus nerve removal. For example, pre-injection of ergot flow extract can turn the hypotensive effect into a pressurizing effect (similar to the inversion effect of coptisine), and the hypotensive effect of the ether extract is very weak.
2. Antibacterial effect
Curcumin and volatile oil have good antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus. Turmeric water infusion has different degrees of inhibitory effect on various skin fungi in test tube. The decoction can prolong the survival time of the vaccinated mice, but it is ineffective for the liver injury caused by the addition of chemical (carbon tetrachloride) on the basis of sexual hepatitis. In addition, turmeric preparations can kill flies.
3. The role of hangover and liver protection
Curcumin contained in turmeric has the functions of inhibiting hepatitis, repairing damaged liver cells, and improving liver parenchymal damage. Turmeric extract, curcumin, volatile oil, turmeric ketone, gingerene, borneol and sesquiterpene alcohol, etc., all have choleretic effects, can increase the production and secretion of bile, and can promote gallbladder contraction, among which the role of curcumin is the strongest.
Who should not take Curcumine ?
Although curcumin can cure diseases, reduce blood lipids, and also have anti-inflammatory effects, some people cannot take it. It can cause bad breath and even get angry. Pregnant women and pregnant women should not take it, because this curcumin has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and eating it after pregnancy may cause miscarriage.
How much Curcumin should I take?
Studies typically use doses of 500-2,000 mg of turmeric per day, usually in the form of an extract with curcumin concentrations much higher than those naturally found in foods.
Although there is no formal consensus on effective doses of turmeric or curcumin, the following have been used in research with promising results:
For osteoarthritis: 500 mg of turmeric extract twice daily for 2-3 months.
For high cholesterol: Turmeric extract 700 mg twice daily for 3 months.
For itchy skin: 500 mg of turmeric 3 times a day for 2 months.
Long-term use of high doses of turmeric and curcumin is not recommended because research to determine their safety is lacking.
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