Turmeric powder is prepared by drying and grinding the plant's
rhizomes and is commonly used as a spice for its
fl
avor and color
and as a preservative. Recently,
C
.
longa
has been widely studied
for its high antioxidant capacity and signi
fi
cant medical potential;
it has been found to have anti-in
fl
ammatory, anti-infectious and
anti-tumor properties (
Jain, Shrivastava, Nayak, & Sumbhate,
2007
). The curcuminoids are the major antioxidative compounds of
turmeric,andthe mostwidely studied iscurcumin.Curcumin is a po-
tent quencher of singlet oxygen species (
Das & Das, 2002
)andhas
the ability to inhibit lipid peroxidation and scavenge the superoxide