Botanical Information Curcuma longa L.
Synonyms | Amomum curcuma Jacq. |
Curcuma domestica Valeton | |
Curcuma soloensis Valeton | |
Curcuma brog Valeton | |
Curcuma ochrorhiza Valeton | |
Curcuma tinctoria Guibourt | |
Stissera curcuma Giseke | |
Common name (en) | Turmeric |
Common name (af) | Borrie |
Common name (de) | Kurkuma |
Common name (fr) | Curcuma |
Common name (hi) | हल्दी |
Common name (id) | Kunyit |
Common name (ja) | ウコン |
Common name (ko) | 강황 |
Common name (ms) | Kunyit |
Common name (nl) | Kurkuma |
Common name (pt) | Açafrão-da-terra |
Common name (ru) | Куркума длинная |
Common name (th) | ขมิ้น |
Common name (vi) | Nghệ |
Common name (zh) | 薑黃 |
Related herbal drug(s)
Curcuma amada Roxb.
Curcuma aromatica Salisb.
Curcuma zanthorrhiza Roxb.
Curcuma zedoaria Roscoe
Sample preparation | Mix 0.2 g of powdered sample with 3 mL of methanol, sonicate for 10 min, the centrifuge and use the supernatant as test solution |
Mobile phase | Toluene, acetic acid 4:1 (v/v) |
Derivatization | Derivatize with anisaldehyde reagent, and heat the plate at 100°C for 3 min |
System Suitability Test (SST) | Under development |
Specific marker(s) | Under UV 366 nm, after derivatization
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HPTLC Chromatograms |
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HPTLC Chromatograms |
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ATLAS documents |
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Sample preparation | Weigh 0.1 g of the powdered sample and place it in a 50-mL conical flask, then add 10 mL of ethanol (70%). Sonicate (90 W) the mixture for 10 min. Filter the mixture |
Mobile phase | Dichloromethane, ethanol, formic acid 15:0.4:0.3 (v/v/v) |
Derivatization | No derivatization |
Sample preparation | Weigh 10.0 g of the powdered sample and place it in a 100-mL conical flask, then add 50 mL of ethanol (95%). Sonicate (400 W) the mixture for 30 min. Filter and transfer the filtrate to a 150-mL round-bottomed flask. Evaporate the solvent to dryness at reduced pressure in a rotary evaporator. Dissolve the residue in 1 mL of ethanol (95%). Filter the solution |
Mobile phase | Petroleum ether (60-80ºC), ethyl acetate 18:2 (v/v) |
Derivatization | No derivatization |
Sample preparation | To 0.5 g of the powdered herbal drug add 20 mL of methanol, shake for 15 min, filter, and use the filtrate |
Mobile phase | Ethyl acetate, hexane, acetic acid 11:9:1 (v/v/v) |
Derivatization | No derivatization |
Sample preparation | Weigh 5 g of C. longa dried rhizome powder in a 250 mL round bottom flask and add 100 mL of ethanol (95%). Reflux the mixture for 1 hour, cool and filter. Transfer 20 mL of the filtrate in an evaporating dish and evaporate to dryness over a boiling water bath. Reconstitute the residue with 20 mL chloroform and filter. Use the filtrate as the test solution |
Mobile phase | Dichloromethane, methanol 25:1 (v/v) |
Derivatization | No derivatization |
Sample preparation | Extract 1 g powdered drug with 100 mL of ethanol in a soxhlet apparatus consecutively three times. Filter and concentrate the combined extracts under vacuum and make up the volume to 10 mL with ethanol |
Mobile phase | Toluene, ethyl acetate, formic acid 5:1.5:0.5 (v/v/v) |
Derivatization | No derivatization |
Sample preparation | Alcoholic extract |
Mobile phase | Toluene, ethyl acetate 9:1 (v/v) |
Derivatization | Derivatize with anisaldehyde sulfuric acid reagent, then heat the plate at 105°C for 5 min |