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Lovely Professional University's R&D Division Prepared Golden Milk Formulation Supplemented with Nanocurcumin | ||
New Delhi, Delhi, India Lovely Professional University, India’s leading university conducted a research on Milk and prepared Golden milk also known as turmeric milk. The research was led by Dr. Sachin Kumar Singh, Professor in School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University and Rubiya Khursheed, Assistant Professor in School of Pharmaceutical Science and Department of Pharmaceutical.
The research involved golden yellow free flowing milk powder as it has multifaceted health benefits. The innovative product has been prepared using simple technique of mixing and does not require any sophisticated instrument or highly skilled labor to formulate this, overall leading to a scalable and commercializable product.
Commending the work of the research, Dr. Sachin Kumar Singh, Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lovely Professional University said, “Our objective was to create solidified golden milk, a milk formulation supplemented with nanocurcumin with a more pleasant taste and improved curcumin solubility, which will result in greater health benefits. We are extremely glad that our research derived the desired results. The newly developed product also helps improve memory and attention span in older people along with other benefits.”
The novelty of the research lies in using curcumin which is the major constituent of turmeric responsible for the health benefits of turmeric. Although in the market turmeric milk is there, the researchers have used turmeric rather than curcumin. Secondly the curcumin which is used in our research is in nano form which increases the solubility of curcumin 33 folds. So, this increase in solubility further reduces the dose of curcumin. So instead of adding 1000 mg of curcumin in one sachet of golden milk, one can work with 30 mg of curcumin. This will further reduce the cost. Moreover, due to enhanced solubility of curcumin, its health benefits will also improve. In the previous researches carried so far, researchers have used raw turmeric which is not soluble in water and therefore it is poorly bioavailable.
Several companies dealing in nutraceuticals/food industry such as A 1 Plus have approached for taking this technology at commercial level. |
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