Curcumin ni kimwe mu bigize ibirungo bya turmeric yo mu Buhinde (Curcumin longa), ubwoko bwa ginger.Curcumin ni imwe muri eshatu za curcuminoide ziboneka muri turmeric, izindi ebyiri ni desmethoxycurcumin na bis-desmethoxycurcumin.Iyi curcuminoide itanga turmeric ibara ryumuhondo naho curcumin ikoreshwa nkibara ryumuhondo kandi ikongeramo ibiryo.
Curcumin iboneka muri rhizome yumye yikimera cya turmeric, nicyatsi kimaze imyaka gihingwa cyane mumajyepfo no mumajyepfo yuburasirazuba bwa Aziya.Inkeri cyangwa umuzi bitunganyirizwa gukora turmeric irimo 2% kugeza 5% curcumin.

Imizi ya Turmeric: Curcumin ni ingirakamaro mu muti gakondo wibimera hamwe nibirungo bya turmeric

Curcumin yashimishijwe cyane nubushakashatsi mumyaka mike ishize ishize kubera imiti.Ubushakashatsi bwerekanye ko curcumin ari ikintu gikomeye cyo kurwanya inflammatory gishobora kugabanya uburibwe ndetse gishobora no kugira uruhare mu kuvura kanseri.Curcumin yerekanwe kugabanya ihinduka, gukwirakwira no gukwirakwiza ibibyimba kandi ibyo bigerwaho hifashishijwe amabwiriza yo kwanduza abantu, cytokine ikongora, ibintu bikura, protein kinase nindi misemburo.

Curcumin irinda ikwirakwizwa no guhagarika ingirabuzimafatizo no gutera urupfu rwa selile.Byongeye kandi, curcumin irashobora kubuza gukora kanseri ikoresheje guhagarika cytochrome P450 isozymes.
Mu bushakashatsi bw’inyamanswa, byagaragaye ko curcumin igira ingaruka zo gukingira kanseri yamaraso, uruhu, umunwa, ibihaha, pancreas nu mara.