Ginger is a common cooking spice, and the key nutrient comes from gingerol. Rhizome with yellow-green flowers and pungent fragrance. The plant height is 0.5-1 m; the rhizome is thick and branched.
Turmeric looks like ginger and is more color than turmeric, so it is called turmeric. The plant height is 1 to 1.5 meters, which is higher than ginger. The rhizomes are very developed, the roots are strong, and the ends are swollen to form a tuber; the leaves are oblong or oval, and the tips of the leaves are short and pointed. They are mainly used for spices. The main nutrient of turmeric is curcumin.
Turmeric is spicy, with pepper, musk and a mixture of sweet orange and ginger, slightly bitter, spicy. Used as a spice. The curcumin contained in turmeric has the effects of preventing dementia, protecting the stomach and intestines, and anti-oxidation. It is now a popular health food material.
As a member of the ginger family, turmeric is widely used as herbal medicine, cosmetic ingredients and dietary supplements (including food flavoring and coloring agents). In addition to dietary ingredients, turmeric is also widely used in Chinese herbal medicine. A large number of studies have shown that curcumin is a powerful molecule that can exert a variety of positive pharmacological effects, including anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-apoptotic effects.
Curcumin, a pure natural compound derived from the root of turmeric, is the most active component of polyphenol curcumin. It is a class of tautomeric compounds, which exist in organic solvents and water in the enol form and the ketone form, respectively.
Curcumin is currently one of the world's largest-selling natural food colorings. It is a food additive approved by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and many countries.