Research Article

Enhancing the Solubility of Curcumin Metal Complexes and Investigating Some of Their Biological Activities

Table 4

Solubility of the complex in the water at different ultrasound wave times.

Times (min)Solubility (mg/ml)
Cur-Fe(III)Cur-Ca(II)Cur-Zn(II)

1(0.0709 ± 0.002)l(0.2387 ± 0.005)f(0.1862 ± 0.007)h
3(0.1047 ± 0.004)k(0.2583 ± 0.006)d(0.1880 ± 0.005)h
5(0.1253 ± 0.001)j(0.3713 ± 0.003)c(0.2302 ± 0.004)g
7(0.1618 ± 0.002)i(0.4167 ± 0.006)a(0.2664 ± 0.006)d
9(0.1302 ± 0.005)j(0.3796 ± 0.001)b(0.2484 ± 0.002)e

In the same column, different values indicate differences according to the columns ().