TY - JOUR
T1 - Curcumin
T2 - An age-old anti-inflammatory and anti-neoplastic agent
AU - Fadus, Matthew C.
AU - Lau, Cecilia
AU - Bikhchandani, Jai
AU - Lynch, Henry T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Center for Food and Biomolecules, National Taiwan University
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/7
Y1 - 2017/7
N2 - Curcumin is a natural anti-inflammatory agent that has been used for treating medical conditions for many years. Several experimental and pharmacologic trials have demonstrated its efficacy in the role as an anti-inflammatory agent. Curcumin has been shown to be effective in treating chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer's and common malignancies like colon, stomach, lung, breast, and skin cancers. As treatments in medicine become more and more complex, the answer may be something simpler. This is a review article written with the objective to systematically analyze the wealth of information regarding the medical use of curcumin, the “curry spice”, and to understand the existent gaps which have prevented its widespread application in the medical community.
AB - Curcumin is a natural anti-inflammatory agent that has been used for treating medical conditions for many years. Several experimental and pharmacologic trials have demonstrated its efficacy in the role as an anti-inflammatory agent. Curcumin has been shown to be effective in treating chronic conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Alzheimer's and common malignancies like colon, stomach, lung, breast, and skin cancers. As treatments in medicine become more and more complex, the answer may be something simpler. This is a review article written with the objective to systematically analyze the wealth of information regarding the medical use of curcumin, the “curry spice”, and to understand the existent gaps which have prevented its widespread application in the medical community.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.08.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jtcme.2016.08.002
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84995467728
VL - 7
SP - 339
EP - 346
JO - Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
JF - Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine
SN - 2225-4110
IS - 3
ER -