A species of EUKARYOTES in the phylum EUGLENIDA. It is a colorless heterotrophic flagellate.
A species of fresh-water, flagellated EUKARYOTES in the phylum EUGLENIDA.
A genus of EUKARYOTES, in the phylum EUGLENIDA, found mostly in stagnant water. Characteristics include a pellicle usually marked by spiral or longitudinal striations.
A plant genus of the family ZINGIBERACEAE that contains CURCUMIN and curcuminoids.
A yellow-orange dye obtained from tumeric, the powdered root of CURCUMA longa. It is used in the preparation of curcuma paper and the detection of boron. Curcumin appears to possess a spectrum of pharmacological properties, due primarily to its inhibitory effects on metabolic enzymes.
Root-like underground horizontal stem of plants that produces shoots above and roots below. Distinguished from true roots which don't have buds and nodes. Similar to true roots in being underground and thickened by storage deposits.