All living things are made of compounds containing mostly carbon, so lots of things that are âorganicâ to a gardener are also âorganicâ to a chemist. Of course, there are many carbon compounds that are human-made, or synthetic. To chemists, these are organic compounds too.
AXUMIN is a drug for detection of prostate cancer recurrence in men who have been treated for prostate cancer but have persistently high prostate specific antigen (PSA) in their blood. High PSA in the blood of these patients is a suspicious sign that cancer is coming back or spreading.
Curcumin (/ËkÉrkjuËmÉn/) is a diarylheptanoid. It is the principal curcuminoid of turmeric, which is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae).It was first discovered about two centuries ago when Vogel and Pelletier reported the isolation of a âyellow coloring-matterâ from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa (turmeric) and named it curcumin.t is the principal curcuminoid of turmeric, which is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). It was first discovered about two centuries ago when Vogel and Pelletier reported the isolation of a âyellow coloring-matterâ from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa (turmeric) and named it curcumin.