Somachandra, M. S.; Perera, L. H. R.
(Research Symposium on Pure and Applied Sciences, 2018 Faculty of Science, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018)
Curcumin, a pigment from turmeric is a monobasic bidentate ligand with an α, β-unsaturated β-diketo moiety, which makes it an excellent chelating agent. Due to the presence of the diketo group it can undergo keto-enol ...