{"title":"Evaluation of Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn.) and its Extracts from Indian Market","authors":"K. Pundarikakshudu","doi":"10.19080/JCMAH.2018.06.555700","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Curcumin is proving to be a potential drug molecule due to its multifarious activities and its freedom from toxicity [2,3]. Number of studies on designing of various formulations of curcumin are underway [4]. These formulations employ either pure curcumins or standardized extracts. The curcumins in the extracts and powders are analyzed employing different methods such as HPLC, Spectrophotometric [5] and HPTLC [6,7] methods. The present study was undertaken to evaluate different powder samples and extracts of turmeric available in the market along with the extracts prepared in our laboratory by employing spectrophotometric methods.","PeriodicalId":15434,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare","volume":"233 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-08-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Complementary Medicine & Alternative Healthcare","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.19080/JCMAH.2018.06.555700","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Curcumin is proving to be a potential drug molecule due to its multifarious activities and its freedom from toxicity [2,3]. Number of studies on designing of various formulations of curcumin are underway [4]. These formulations employ either pure curcumins or standardized extracts. The curcumins in the extracts and powders are analyzed employing different methods such as HPLC, Spectrophotometric [5] and HPTLC [6,7] methods. The present study was undertaken to evaluate different powder samples and extracts of turmeric available in the market along with the extracts prepared in our laboratory by employing spectrophotometric methods.