Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing disease. Genetic predisposition to the disease reduces an individual's capacity to respond appropriately to environmental challenges in the intestine leading to inappropriate inflammation. IBD patients often modify their diet to mitigate or reduce the severity of inflammation. Turmeric (Curcuma longa L., Zingiberaceae) has historically bee...

Despite of turmeric oleoresin having many advantages over ground turmeric roots, its sensitivity to light, heat and oxygen is a disadvantage. One approach to overcome this problem is microencapsulation. The objective of this work was to investigate the influence of different ratios of maltodextrin/gelatin used as wall materials, as well as the use of ultrasound during the emulsification step on...

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is extensively used as a spice, food preservative and colouring material in India, China and South East Asia. It has been used in traditional medicine as a household remedy for various diseases, including biliary disorders, anorexia, cough, diabetic wounds, hepatic disorders, rheumatism and sinusitis. For the last few decades, extensive work has been done to establish t...

objective: environmental pollution is of major concern today and lead is considered to be one of the most important environmental pollutants. long-term contact with lead causes harmful effects to humans. this study seeks to determine the effects of curcuma longa (turmeric extract) consumption and exercise training on glutathione peroxidase and protein carbonyl in kidney and spleen tissues from ...

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...

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Background: Use of biomarkers particularly under in vivo condition is of importance in risk assessment. This study is proposed to identify the in vivo antigenotoxic potential using dominant lethal mutation test in B(a)P exposed, turmeric fed animals and evaluate the role of turmeric in counteracting the germ cell mutations. Methods: Twenty four male mice were taken and divided into 4 groups eac...

Twenty one polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized from turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). These markers were screened across thirty accessions. The number of alleles observed for each locus ranged from two to eight with an average of 4.7 alleles per locus. The discrimination power of these markers ranged from 0.25 to 0.67 (average 0.6). The simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker...

turmeric is an important herb used as medicines, turmeric is an important herb used as medicine, condiment and cosmetic. its main active compounds are curcuminoids and essential oils. the biomass production, essential oil composition and curcuminoid content of curcuma longa are known to be dependent on the growth and development conditions of rhizome. iran is a major importer of turmeric in the...