TY - BOOK ID - 213409 TI - The molecular targets and therapeutic uses of curcumin in health and disease AU - Aggarwal, Bharat B. AU - Surh, Young-Joon. AU - Shishodia, Shishir. PY - 2007 SN - 1280969571 9786610969579 0387464018 038746400X 1441942823 PB - New York, NY : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Turmeric KW - Therapeutic use. KW - Common turmeric KW - Curcuma domestica KW - Curcuma longa KW - Indian saffron KW - Saffron, Indian KW - Tumeric KW - Curcuma KW - Spices KW - Immunology. KW - Oncology. KW - Emerging infectious diseases. KW - Medical virology. KW - Toxicology. KW - Cancer Research. KW - Infectious Diseases. KW - Virology. KW - Pharmacology/Toxicology. KW - Chemicals KW - Medicine KW - Pharmacology KW - Poisoning KW - Poisons KW - Medical microbiology KW - Virology KW - Virus diseases KW - Emerging infections KW - New infectious diseases KW - Re-emerging infectious diseases KW - Reemerging infectious diseases KW - Communicable diseases KW - Tumors KW - Immunobiology KW - Life sciences KW - Serology KW - Toxicology KW - Cancer research. KW - Infectious diseases. KW - Pharmacology. KW - Drug effects KW - Medical pharmacology KW - Medical sciences KW - Chemotherapy KW - Drugs KW - Pharmacy KW - Microbiology KW - Cancer research KW - Physiological effect UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:213409 AB - Curcumin is derived from the root of the plant Curcuma longa (also called turmeric) and its medicinal uses have been described for over 5000 years. More than 1500 papers published within last half a century has revealed that curcumin has a potential in the treatment of wide variety of inflammatory diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, Alzheimer, psoriasis etc, through modulation of numerous molecular targets. This is the first monograph to deal specifically with this subject. ER -