Meeting times: Mon-Thurs 10-3
Mentor: Dr. Kahyaoglu, Dr. Scala
Location: SA116
Team Members: Alex Griffith, Kaitlyn Jordan, Isaac Kim, Alexander Czechowicz, Liliana Torres, Andrew Markov, Clara Kim
Dr. Kahyaoglu Availability: Monday and Wednesday from 10-3 in SA116
Goals and Objectives:
1. Extraction of curcumin from ground turmeric.
2. Use of TLC/HPLC/IR/UV to test for curcuminoids and to test our extracted curcumin against the commercially available curcuminoids.
3. Testing the reactions with metals of each curcuminoid, comparing UV results with the computational results.
4. Creating an extract based arthritis cream. Application and effectiveness will be recorded.
-Alex Griffith
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