Preparation of curcumin sub-micrometer dispersions by high-pressure homogenization

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2848-2853

  Donsí, Francesco ^a,b   Wang, Yuwen ^a   Li, J I ^a   Huang, Qingrong ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crystal amorphous transition; Curcumin; High pressure homogenization (HPH); X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; PRESSURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CURCUMIN; PRESSURE;

EID: 77949416419     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf903968x     Document Type: Article

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