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Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a major yellow pigment and dietary component derived from Curcuma longa. It has potent anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, antioxidant and chemoprotective activities among others. We studied the interactions of curcumin, a mixture of its decomposition products, and four of its individually identified decomposition products (vanillin, vanillic acid, ferulic aldehyde and ferulic acid) on five major human drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450s (CYPs). Curcumin inhibited CYP1A2 (IC₅₀, 40.0μM), CYP3A4 (IC₅₀, 16.3μM), CYP2D6 (IC₅₀, 50.3μM), CYP2C9 (IC₅₀, 4.3μM) and CYP2B6 (IC₅₀, 24.5μM). Curcumin showed a competitive type of inhibition towards CYP1A2, CYP3A4 and CYP2B6, whereas a non-competitive type of inhibition was observed with respect to CYP2D6 and CYP2C9. The inhibitory activity towards CYP3A4, shown by curcumin may have implications for drug–drug …