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Definition: C14H14O4
Curcumin
\Cur"cu*min\ (-m?n), n. (Chem.)
The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root,
extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance,
C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
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Note: It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms
brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to
brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper.
See
Turmeric paper, under
Turmeric.
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