Health Advantages Of Curcumin
Curcumin extract is a well kept health secret. It’s the primary curcuminoid of the Indian spice, Turmeric. It’s a very potent yellow color, and is known for a plethora of positive medical benefits. Turmeric Extract is known for for many great medical properties, including tumor prevention, antioxidation, relieving arthritic pain, and helping with amyloids. Curcumin may also have anti-inflammatory properties. This same little spice has also been shown to be effective in treating malaria, prevention of cervical cancer, and may interfere with the replication of HIV & Herpes!
Turmeric is a member of the Curcuma botanical group, which is part of the ginger family of herbs, the Zingiberaceae. The root and rhizome (underground stem) of the Curcuma longa L. plant is crushed and powdered into ground Turmeric. Ground Turmeric is used worldwide as a seasoning as the main ingredient in curry, and is the source of Curcumin.
There is also circumstantial evidence that curcumin improves mental functions, a survey of 3023 people who ate yellow curry, between the ages of 60 and 93, showed that those who ate the sauce once every six months had higher MMSE scores then those who did not. From a scientific standpoint this does not show whether the curry caused it, or people who had healthy habits also tended to eat curry!
Curcumin is the main biologically active phytochemical compound of Turmeric. It is extracted, concentrated, standardized and researched. Curcumin, which gives the yellow color to turmeric, was first isolated almost two centuries ago, and its structure as diferuloylmethane was determined in 1910. Extensive research within the last half a century has proven that its renowned range of medicinal properties, once associated with Turmeric, are due to Curcumin.
Numerous studies have demonstrated that curcumin much like learning has a positive affect on neurogenesis in the hippocampus and concentrations of BDNF.
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