Description:
Product: Ginger ExtractEnglish Name: Ginger Extract
Chinese Name: Sheng Jiang
Latin Name: Zingiber
Curcumin
Product: Ginger Extract
English Name: Ginger Extract
Chinese Name: Sheng Jiang
Latin Name Zingiber
Ginger is a perennial plant that grows in India, China, Mexico,and several other countries. The rhizome (underground stem) is usedas both a spice and in herbal medicine.
Curcumin is the principal curcuminoid of the popular Indianspice turmeric, which is a member of the ginger family(Zingiberaceae). The other two curcuminoids are desmethoxycurcuminand bis-desmethoxycurcumin. The curcuminoids are polyphenols andare responsible for the yellow color of turmeric. Curcumin canexist in at least two tautomeric forms, keto and enol. The enolform is more energetically stable in the solid phase and insolution.
Curcumin can be used for boron quantification in the so-calledcurcumin method. It reacts with boric acid forming a red coloredcompound, known as rosocyanine.
Curcumin is brightly colored and may be used as a food coloring. Asa food additive, its E number is E100.
