Responding to the increased popularity of herbal medicines and other forms of
complementary or alternative medicine world-wide, this reference reviews and evaluates …

Although much has been published about curcumin, which is obtained from turmeric,
comparatively little is known about turmeric itself. Turmeric, a golden spice obtained from the …

Natural plant products have been used throughout human history for various purposes.
Having co-evolved with animal life, many of the plants from which these natural products are …

Curcumin is a polyphenol derived from the herbal remedy and dietary spice turmeric. It
possesses diverse anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties following oral or topical …

Turmeric is a spice derived from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa, which is a member of the
ginger family (Zingiberaceae). Rhizomes are horizontal underground stems that send out …

Antioxidant compounds in food play important roles as health-protecting factors.
Antioxidants are also widely used as additives in fats and oils and in food processing to …

The assembly and stability of FtsZ protofilaments have been shown to play critical roles in
bacterial cytokinesis. Recent evidence suggests that FtsZ may be considered as an …

Turmeric has been used in traditional medicine for the treatment of jaundice and other liver
ailments, ulcers, parasitic infections, various skin diseases, sprains, inflammation of the …

" Let food be your medicine, medicine your food."-Hippocrates, 2400 BC When the" Father of
Medicine" uttered those famous words, spices were as important for medicine, embalming …

Antioxidant potential of phenolic compounds from green pepper (Piper nigrum L.) and
lignans from fresh mace (Myristica fragrans) were evaluated for their ability to scavenge 1 …