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Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis for the Authentication of Natural Antioxidant Curcuminoids from Curcuma longa (Turmeric)

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ANTIOXIDANTS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/antiox12020498

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curcuminoids; authentication; synthetic; Curcuma longa; stable isotope ratio analysis

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Curcuminoid complex, a popular natural antioxidant, is threatened by the proliferation of counterfeit products containing synthetic curcuminoids. The addition of synthetic curcuminoids in correct ratios is difficult to detect, increasing the need to identify this fraudulent practice.
Curcuminoid complex, a mixture of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and didemethoxycurcumin, is one of the most popular antioxidants of natural origin, and it has a multitude of other health benefits. It is threatened by the proliferation of counterfeit products on the market containing synthetic curcuminoids whose addition is difficult to identify as they present the three curcuminoid forms in the correct ratios. Consequently, the necessity to detect this fraudulent practice is escalating. Carbon-14 analysis is the most effective available method, but it is also expensive and difficult to implement. This paper describes the first attempt to characterize natural curcuminoids and their synthetic form, used as an adulterant, through the analysis of stable isotope ratios of carbon and hydrogen (expressed as delta C-13 and delta H-2). Carbon values greater than -28.6 parts per thousand and hydrogen values greater than -71 parts per thousand may indicate the addition of synthetic curcuminoids to the natural ones.

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