Curcumin ndi chigawo cha Indian spice turmeric (Curcumin longa), mtundu wa ginger.Curcumin ndi imodzi mwama curcuminoids atatu omwe amapezeka mu turmeric, ena awiri ndi desmethoxycurcumin ndi bis-desmethoxycurcumin.Ma curcuminoids awa amapatsa turmeric mtundu wake wachikasu ndipo curcumin imagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati utoto wachikasu wa chakudya komanso chowonjezera chazakudya.
Curcumin imachokera ku rhizome yowuma ya chomera cha turmeric, chomwe ndi zitsamba zosatha zomwe zimalimidwa kwambiri kum'mwera ndi kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Asia.Rhizome kapena muzu amakonzedwa kuti apange turmeric yomwe ili ndi 2% mpaka 5% curcumin.

Mizu ya Turmeric: Curcumin ndiye chogwiritsidwa ntchito mumankhwala azitsamba azitsamba komanso zakudya zokometsera turmeric.

Curcumin yakhala ikukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi kafukufuku pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi chifukwa cha mankhwala ake.Kafukufuku wasonyeza kuti curcumin ndi mankhwala amphamvu oletsa kutupa omwe amatha kuchepetsa kutupa ndipo amathanso kutenga nawo gawo pa chithandizo cha khansa.Curcumin yasonyezedwa kuti ichepetse kusinthika, kufalikira ndi kufalikira kwa zotupa ndipo imakwaniritsa izi mwa kuwongolera zinthu zolembera, ma cytokines otupa, kukula, protein kinases ndi michere ina.

Curcumin imalepheretsa kuchulukana mwa kusokoneza ma cell ndikuyambitsa kufa kwa ma cell.Kuphatikiza apo, curcumin imatha kuletsa kuyambitsa kwa ma carcinogens mwa kupondereza ma cytochrome P450 isozymes.
M'maphunziro a nyama, curcumin yawonetsedwa kuti ili ndi zoteteza ku khansa yamagazi, khungu, pakamwa, mapapo, kapamba ndi matumbo.