Desmethoxycurcumin is a
curcuminoid found in
turmeric
Turmeric () is a flowering plant, ''Curcuma longa'' (), of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae, the rhizomes of which are used in cooking. The plant is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asi ...
. Commercial grade
curcumin contains a mixture of
curcuminoids
A curcuminoid is a linear diarylheptanoid, a relatively small class of plant secondary metabolites that includes curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin, all isolated from turmeric (curcuma longa). These compounds are natural ph ...
(desmethoxycurcumin 10–20%, bisdesmethoxycurcumin 5% or less).
See also
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Bis-desmethoxycurcumin
Bisdemethoxycurcumin is a curcuminoid found (along with the curcuminoids curcumin and demethoxycurcumin) in turmeric (''Curcuma longa''), but absent in Javanese turmeric (''Curcuma xanthorrhiza''). Bisdemethoxycurcumin is used as a pigment and n ...
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Curcumin
References
Curcuminoids
Food colorings
Phenol antioxidants
Vinylogous carboxylic acids
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