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Secondary Metabolites of Turmeric Extract and Essential Oils

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Drugs are mostly derived from plants in both traditional and modern medical systems around the world. Secondary metabolites are sources of drugs from plants, and secondary metabolites are an essential source for discovering novel pharmacological molecules for medication development. Plant secondary metabolites are frequently excellent sources of medicinal development leads. However, modifications to these drugs’ molecular structures are enhancing their biological activity, selectivity, and capacity for absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion while lowering their toxicity and adverse effects. Since ancient times, turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) has been esteemed for its therapeutic benefits as a root crop. Therapeutically, C. longa has been used to treat various diseases such as asthma, cough, chronic bronchitis, fever, anemia, eye disease, diabetes, hysteria, indigestion, peptic ulcer, dysentery, itching, leprosy, liver disorder, hepatitis, menstrual disorder, diarrhea, smallpox, chicken pox, tonsillitis, urinary infection, etc. Turmeric contains a wide variety of phytoconstituents, including curcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, demethoxycurcumin, triethylcurcumin, tetrahydrocurcumin, curcumol, curcumenol, zingiberene, eugenol, turmerin, turmerones, and turmeronols. Among these, the most active component of turmeric is curcumin, which gives turmeric its yellow color and is responsible for most of its therapeutic effects.

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Karpuz Ağören, B., Akkol, E.K. (2023). Secondary Metabolites of Turmeric Extract and Essential Oils. In: Rai, M., Feitosa, C.M. (eds) Curcumin and Neurodegenerative Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-7731-4_5

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