Turmeric used in cooking across the globe in various dishes is world's best known anti-cancer superfood. This presentation gives an overview on the same and enlisted a few dishes for healthy non-cancerous life on the occasion of "World No Tobacco Day"

1. TURMERIC
Curcuma longa Linn.
Nature’s precious gift
Presented by
Dr. Sudhakar Kokate
Director PPRC, India

2. World No Tobacco Day
31st May, 2014
TURMERIC
world’s best anti-cancerous superfood

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4. Genus: Curcuma
Family: Zingiberaceae
Origin: Indo-Malayan region
Species: 40
Used in India since very ancient times
Turmeric
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5. Turmeric
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Antiquity dates back to the Assyrians of 600
B.C.
It is believed that crop spread from India to
distant Asian countries
It spread to China in A.D. 700

6. Turmeric
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Crop spread to West Africa – 13th century
East Africa – 17th century
Introduced in Jamaica in 1783
Now spread everywhere around the world

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8. India
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Major producer and exporter in the world
It accounts for about 80% of the world
turmeric production
60% of world exports

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10. India
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Turmeric importing countries from India:
Iran Japan S. Africa
USA Germany Singapore
UAE Bangladesh Malaysia

11. Nutritional composition
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Water (g) 6.0
Food energy Kcal 390
Protein (g) 8.5
Fat (g) 8.9
Carbohydrate (g) 69.9

12. Nutritional composition
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Ash (g) 6.8
Calcium (g) 0.2
Phosphorus (mg) 260
Sodium (mg) 30
Potassium (mg) 2000

13. Nutritional composition
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Iron (g) 47.5
Thiamine (mg) 0.09
Riboflavin (mg) 0.19
Niacin (mg) 4.8
Ascorbic acid 50

14. Uses:
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In medicine
In religious functions
As bio pesticide
In food

15. Recipes

16. Chicken curry
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17. Chana masala
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18. Veggie turmeric quinoa
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19. Turmeric rice
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20. Chicken tikka masala
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21. Cumin and turmeric egg
brunch
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22. Egg chilli
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23. Healing turmeric tea
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24. Vietnamese Recipes

25. Bánh xèo
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26. Bánh khọt
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27. Mi quang
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28. Indonesian Recipes

29. Rendang
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30. Sate padang
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31. Thai Recipes

32. Yellow curry
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33. Chilli sauce
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34. Turmeric soup
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35. Chemical structures

36. Curcumin
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37. Demethoxy curcumin
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38. bis-Demethoxy curcumin
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39. Properties of Turmeric
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Anti-inflammatory
Hypocholestremic
Anti-microbial
Anti-rheumatic
Anti-bacterial
Anti-viral
Anti-diabetic
Cytotoxic
Spasmolytic
Anti-hepatotoxic
Anti-cancerous
Oleratic

40. Turmeric
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Curcuminoides, turmeric oil, total extracts are
all credited with medicinal properties
…. Dr. Khanna N. M. (1999)

41. Healing power
of
Turmeric

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Arthritis Allergy
Asthma Atherosclerosis
Heart disease Alzheimer’s disease
Diabetes Cancer
Neurodegenerative
diseases
Liver diseases

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