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“…2 From a historical perspective, turmeric was named for the first time in the book Xinxiu bencao, published in 659 A.D. and considered as the “first pharmacopoeia in the world”. 3 The curcumin compound was isolated from turmeric for the first time in 1815 and identified as diferuloylmethane in 1910; 4 its chemical tautomeric structure (keto and enol isomers) is shown in Fig. 1.…”