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.