Department of Monogastric Animal Sciences, Division of Animal Nutrition and Food, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Klemensa Janickiego 29, 71-270 Szczecin, Poland.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Sep 26;24(19):14561. doi: 10.3390/ijms241914561.
The growing popularity of the use of nutraceuticals in the prevention and alleviation of symptoms of many diseases in humans and dogs means that they are increasingly the subject of research. A representative of the nutraceutical that deserves special attention is turmeric. Turmeric belongs to the family and is grown extensively in Asia. It is a plant used as a spice and food coloring, and it is also used in traditional medicine. The biologically active factors that give turmeric its unusual properties and color are curcuminoids. It is a group of substances that includes curcumin, de-methoxycurcumin, and bis-demethoxycurcumin. Curcumin is used as a yellow-orange food coloring. The most important pro-health effects observed after taking curcuminoids include anti-inflammatory, anticancer, and antioxidant effects. The aim of this study was to characterize turmeric and its main substance, curcumin, in terms of their properties, advantages, and disadvantages, based on literature data.
营养保健品在预防和缓解人类和犬类许多疾病的症状方面的应用越来越普及，这意味着它们越来越成为研究的对象。一种值得特别关注的营养保健品是姜黄。姜黄属于姜科，广泛生长在亚洲。它是一种用作香料和食用色素的植物，也用于传统医学。赋予姜黄独特特性和颜色的生物活性因子是姜黄素类化合物。它是一组包括姜黄素、脱甲氧基姜黄素和双脱甲氧基姜黄素的物质。姜黄素用作黄色橙色食用色素。在摄入姜黄素类化合物后观察到的最重要的促进健康的作用包括抗炎、抗癌和抗氧化作用。本研究的目的是根据文献数据，从特性、优点和缺点方面对姜黄及其主要物质姜黄素进行描述。
