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Abstract
A plant genus of the family ZINGIBERACEAE that contains CURCUMIN and curcuminoids.
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- Curcumas
- Curcuma longa
- Curcuma zedoaria
- Tumeric
- Turmeric
- Zedoary zedoaria
- Curcuma longas
- Curcuma zedoarias
- Tumerics
- Turmerics
- Zedoary zedoarias
- longa, Curcuma
- zedoaria, Curcuma
- zedoaria, Zedoary
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20 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, toxicity, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
entry term TUMERIC: TURMERIC YELLOW see CURCUMIN is also available
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2002
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Curcuma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D030024. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D030024
- Curcuma. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcuma
- Curcuma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33551