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Curcumin 1 is a natural orange pigment extracted from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, a herbaceous plant native to India. This molecule is widely used in the food industry, as the E100 colorant. It has been attributed medicinal virtues, such as anti-cancer or anti-inflammatory properties, but a recent study has finally demonstrated the absence of such activity in clinical trials .
The chemical structure of curcumin is based on the 1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione skeleton, the ends of which are formed by two phenolic units (figure
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Bibliography
Websites
SmartEEs project (Digital Innovation Hub dedicated to flexible electronics technologies) : https://smartees. eu/
Patents
F. Fages, A. D'Aléo, E. Zaborova, D. H. Kim, C. Adachi, J.-C. Ribierre "Organic Electroluminescent Device, Compound and Use Thereof" Japan patent application 2017-30528, Fukuoka (Japan) 22.03.2017.
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