Although traditional medicines have been used for thousands of years, for most such
medicines neither the active component nor their molecular targets have been very well …

Curcumin has been shown to have a wide variety of therapeutic effects, ranging from anti-
inflammatory, chemopreventive, anti-proliferative, and anti-metastatic. This review provides …

In recent years, natural edible products have been found to be important therapeutic agents
for the treatment of chronic human diseases including cancer, cardiovascular disease, and …

Curcumin is a natural polyphenol used in ancient Asian medicine. Since the first article
referring to the use of curcumin to treat human disease was published in The Lancet in …

As cancer is a multifactor disease, it may require treatment with compounds able to target
multiple intracellular components. We summarize here how curcumin is able to modulate …

Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), an orange-yellow component of turmeric or curry powder, is a
polyphenol natural product isolated from the rhizome of the plant Curcuma longa. For …

The rise in cancer cases in recent years is an alarming situation worldwide. Despite the
tremendous research and invention of new cancer therapies, the clinical outcomes are not …

Curcumin is the active ingredient of turmeric. It is widely used as a kitchen spice and food
colorant throughout India, Asia and the Western world. Curcumin is a major constituent of …

In spite of major advances in oncology, the World Health Organization predicts that cancer
incidence will double within the next two decades. Although it is well understood that cancer …

Although the history of the golden spice turmeric (Curcuma longa) goes back thousands of
years, it is only within the past century that we learned about the chemistry of its active …