Curcumin wani bangare ne na turmeric na Indiya (Curcumin longa), nau'in ginger.Curcumin yana daya daga cikin curcuminoids guda uku da ke cikin turmeric, sauran biyun kuma sune desmethoxycurcumin da bis-desmethoxycurcumin.Wadannan curcuminoids suna ba wa turmeric launin rawaya kuma ana amfani da curcumin azaman launin abinci mai launin rawaya da ƙari na abinci.
Ana samun curcumin daga busassun rhizome na shukar turmeric, wanda tsire-tsire ne na shekara-shekara wanda ake nomawa sosai a kudu da kudu maso gabashin Asiya.Ana sarrafa rhizome ko tushen don samar da turmeric wanda ya ƙunshi 2% zuwa 5% curcumin.

Tushen Turmeric: Curcumin shine sinadari mai aiki a cikin maganin gargajiya na gargajiya da kayan yaji na abinci.

Curcumin ya kasance batun sha'awa da bincike sosai a cikin 'yan shekarun da suka gabata saboda kayan magani.Bincike ya nuna cewa curcumin wani wakili ne mai karfi wanda zai iya rage kumburi kuma yana iya taka rawa wajen maganin ciwon daji.An nuna curcumin don rage sauye-sauye, yaduwa da yaduwar ciwace-ciwacen daji kuma yana samun wannan ta hanyar daidaita abubuwan da aka rubuta, cytokines mai kumburi, abubuwan haɓaka, furotin kinases da sauran enzymes.

Curcumin yana hana yaduwa ta hanyar katse tsarin tantanin halitta da haifar da mutuwar kwayar halitta.Bugu da ƙari kuma, curcumin na iya hana kunna carcinogens ta hanyar kashe wasu isozymes na cytochrome P450.
A cikin nazarin dabbobi, an nuna curcumin yana da tasirin kariya a cikin cututtukan daji na jini, fata, baki, huhu, pancreas da hanji.