TURMERIC PART 2

BY:Alif Spicery

After explained about turmeric at last week from history, morphology and how to plant. Now, stay on turmeric topic but i want to share about what is contains of turmeric, benefit and side effect when we consume turmeric.

a. Turmeric Contains

The chemicals contained in turmeric are curcuminoid, essential oils, arabinose, fructose, glucose, starch, tannin, dammar and minerals (Herebian et al., 2009).

b. The benefits of turmeric

Turmeric rhizome can be used to treat swollen gums, wounds, shortness of breath, abdominal pain, ulcer, splenic pain, appendicitis, gout, indigestion, flatulence and lower blood pressure. Turmric can also be used as a coloring agent, mixture of cosmetics, bactericides, fungicides and stimulan.

Curcumin substances in turmeric has various positive for pharmacological. Some researchers have reported the anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory and antiseptic effects of curcumin (Bengmark 2006 and Maheswari et al.,2006).

Curcumin also has several biological activities that ultimately make this molecul possible as anti- cancer drug, both as chemopreventive and chemotheratphy. The curcumin contributes to inhibition of tumor formation (Duvoix et al.,2005).

C. Turmeric Side Effects

Taking large doses of turmeric supplements can cause gastrointintestinal side effects. The most common gastrointestinal side effects are upset stomach, gas, nausea and indigestion. Side effects of turmeric can cause stomach pain in some people. This is might worsen stomach problems like GERD.

American Jurnal of Clinical Nutrition (2008) found that participants who consumed turmeric had higher urinary oxalate levels. Where this oxalate is a waste product that must leaves the body during urination, but if there is too much oxalate, it can be bind with calcium and form kidney stones.

That is all i want to share about turmeric. I hope it useful and if you have any question about spices please comment or send me an e-mail at desy.pujiastiwi@yahoo.com. Thank you…