DEFINITION

Curcuminoids is a partially purified natural complex of diaryl heptanoid derivatives isolated from Turmeric, Curcuma longa L. It contains NLT 95.0% of curcuminoids, calculated on the dried basis, as the sum of curcumin, desmethoxycurcumin, and bisdesmethoxycurcumin. It contains NLT 70.0% and NMT 80.0% of curcumin, NLT 15.0% and NMT 25.0% of desmethoxycurcumin, and NLT 2.5% and NMT 6.5% of bisdesmethoxycurcumin.