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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 curcumin
 薑黃色素

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cur·cu·min n. Chem. The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence.
 Note: ☞ It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.
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