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Turmeric --- Common turmeric --- Curcuma domestica --- Curcuma longa --- Indian saffron --- Saffron, Indian --- Tumeric --- Curcuma --- Spices --- Therapeutic use.

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Turmeric --- Therapeutic use. --- Nervous system --- Curcumin --- Plant Extracts --- Nervous System Diseases --- Mental Disorders --- Diseases --- Chemotherapy. --- therapeutic use. --- drug therapy. --- Common turmeric --- Curcuma domestica --- Curcuma longa --- Indian saffron --- Saffron, Indian --- Tumeric --- Curcuma --- Spices --- Diferuloylmethane --- Turmeric yellow --- Yellow, Turmeric --- Antineoplastic agents --- Catechol --- Diarylheptanoids --- Dyes and dyeing --- Enzyme inhibitors --- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Neurosciences

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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.

Turmeric --- Therapeutic use. --- Common turmeric --- Curcuma domestica --- Curcuma longa --- Indian saffron --- Saffron, Indian --- Tumeric --- Curcuma --- Spices --- Immunology. --- Oncology. --- Emerging infectious diseases. --- Medical virology. --- Toxicology. --- Cancer Research. --- Infectious Diseases. --- Virology. --- Pharmacology/Toxicology. --- Chemicals --- Medicine --- Pharmacology --- Poisoning --- Poisons --- Medical microbiology --- Virology --- Virus diseases --- Emerging infections --- New infectious diseases --- Re-emerging infectious diseases --- Reemerging infectious diseases --- Communicable diseases --- Tumors --- Immunobiology --- Life sciences --- Serology --- Toxicology --- Cancer research. --- Infectious diseases. --- Pharmacology. --- Drug effects --- Medical pharmacology --- Medical sciences --- Chemotherapy --- Drugs --- Pharmacy --- Microbiology --- Cancer research --- Physiological effect

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This book discusses the various aspects, from production to marketing of turmeric and ginger, the world’s two most important and invaluable medicinal spice crops. The book begins with their origin and history, global spread, and goes on to describe the botany, production agronomy, fertilizer practices, pest management, post-harvest technology, pharmacology and nutraceutical uses. The book presents the economy, import-export and world markets involved with reference to turmeric and ginger. It would be a benchmark and an important reference source for scientists, students, both undergraduate and post graduate, studying agriculture and food sciences and policy makers. It would be of great interest to professionals and industry involved in spice trade.

Turmeric. --- Common turmeric --- Curcuma domestica --- Curcuma longa --- Indian saffron --- Saffron, Indian --- Tumeric --- Curcuma --- Spices --- Plant science. --- Botany. --- Economic geography. --- Geobiology. --- Agriculture. --- Plant ecology. --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Economic Geography. --- Biogeosciences. --- Plant Ecology. --- Food Science. --- Botany --- Phytoecology --- Plants --- Vegetation ecology --- Ecology --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Biology --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere --- Geography, Economic --- World economics --- Geography --- Commercial geography --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Floristic botany --- Floristic ecology --- Plantes medicinals --- Herbes medicinals --- Plantes remeieres --- Plantes útils --- Àloes --- Dulcamara --- Equinàcies --- Espígols --- Fitocosmètics --- Valeriana --- Botànica mèdica --- Fitoteràpia --- Tisanes