Organic chemistry
Mehdi Nabati; Mehrdad Mahkam; Hassan Heidari
Volume 2, Issue 4, pp. 236-325, Serial No. 5 , October 2014, , Pages 236-243
Abstract
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. It has been used in traditional medicine for various diseases. Curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric has been shown to have a wide spectrum of biological actions. Heretofore, it has ...
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. It has been used in traditional medicine for various diseases. Curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric has been shown to have a wide spectrum of biological actions. Heretofore, it has been reported that natural colored extracts isolated from turmeric rhizomes with many methods such as maceration, digestion, microwave and infusion. In this paper, it was tried to isolate and characterize curcumin from the curcumin rhizomes marketed in Maragheh city of Iran by soxhlet extraction technique in methanol solvent. The advantage of this technique is the isolation of large amounts of curcumin (208 mg from 25 g turmeric rhizomes powder) with smaller quantity of methanol.
Organic chemistry
Mehdi Nabati; Mehrdad Mahkam
Volume 2, Issue 2, pp. 82-163, Serial No. 3 , April 2014, , Pages 129-136
Abstract
Abstract:Turmeric is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), which is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. Curcumin is a main bioactive natural compound derived from the rhizome of this plant. Curcumin can exist in several tautomeric forms, keto and enol. The ...
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Abstract:Turmeric is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), which is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material. Curcumin is a main bioactive natural compound derived from the rhizome of this plant. Curcumin can exist in several tautomeric forms, keto and enol. The keto form is more stable than enol form. Silyl ethers have proven to be versatile substrates for a wide variety of organic reactions and they are prepared by reacting an alcohol and a silicon halide using a base such as triethylamine in stoichiometric quantity. Curcumin silyl ether derivatives were prepared under mild conditions. The stability of products decreases with increasing size of the silyl substitutions and the products will be unstable.