Turmeric (ขมิ้นชัน)
Curcuma longa
A rhizome herb grown widely across Thailand, valued for its curcuminoid content. Long used in Thai traditional medicine and cooking, and now the subject of standardized extraction work at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University.
Lab results
- Marker compound: curcumin (curcuminoid complex)
- Assay: HPLC, 95% total curcuminoids
- Loss on drying: under 5.0%
- Heavy metals: under 10 ppm
- Microbial: conforms to USP 61