Advances in Clinical Study of Curcumin

Chunfen      Yang; Xun      Su; Anchang      Liu; Lin      Zhang; Aihua      Yu; Yanwei      Xi; Guangxi      Zhai

doi:10.2174/1381612811319110002

Abstract

Curcumin has been estimated as a potential agent for many diseases and attracted great attention owing to its various pharmacological activities, including anti-cancer, and anti-inflammatory. Now curcumin is being applied to a number of patients with breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, colorectal cancer, psoriatic, etc. Several clinical trials have stated that curcumin is safe enough and effective. The objective of this article was to summarize the clinical studies of curcumin, and give a reference for future studies.

Keywords: Curcumin, Alzheimer's disease, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, gall-bladder contraction, tropical pancreatitis, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory