Purification of Curcumin from Ternary Extract-Similar Mixtures of Curcuminoids in a Single Crystallization Step
Crystallization-based separation of curcumin from ternary mixtures of curcuminoids having sensor base compositions comparable to commercial extracts was studied experimentally.Based on solubility and supersolubility data of both, pure curcumin and curcumin in presence of the two major impurities demethoxycurcumin (DMC) and bis(demethoxy)curcumin (B