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Turmeric Extract
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Botanical Name: Curcuma longa L.
Specification: Curcumin 95% HPLC
Used Part: Root
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Description:
Curcumin, has been used in Asian cookery for thousands of years. Powder ground from the dried root is an ingredient in curry. Turmeric is one of the cheaper spices and makes a vivid splash of color, so it gets heaped into low-market curry blends as fill. Not such a bad idea.
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Action:
1. Curcumin (turmeric) as an anticancer agent and for gynecomastia in men treated for prostate cancer.
2. Turmeric holds a high place in Ayurvedic medicine as a "cleanser of the body" and today science is finding a growing list of diseased conditions which turmeric's active ingredient heals.
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SPEICIFICATION SHEET
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Curcumin
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95% HPLC
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Appearance
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Yellow Powder
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Loss on Drying
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< 5.0%
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Heavy Metals
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< 20ppm
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Arsenic(As)
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< 2ppm
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Lead(Pb)
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< 2ppm
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Total Plate Count
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< 1,000cuf/G
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Yeast & Mold
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< 100cuf/G
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E.Coli.
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Negative
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Salmonella
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Negative
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