Anybody know if “curcumin” mentioned in the article is the same as “cumin”? I can get cumin and turmeric as powdered spices anywhere and they don’t taste the same.
No relation.
“Cumin (pronounced “comein”) is the pale green seed of Cuminum cyminum, a small herb in the parsley family. “
Turmeric is ginger family.
Curmumins are the chemicals in turmeric that make it bio-effective for various things.
Strike that, they are NOT related. Nor do they taste anything alike:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curcumin