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The Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Curcumin in Health and Disease

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  • First book to discuss the potential of Curcumin and its medicinal uses

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 595)

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Table of contents (21 chapters)

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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ransom Horne, Jr., Professor of Cancer Research Professor of Cancer Medicine (Biochemistry)and Chief, Cytokine Research Section Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston,, USA

    Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Chief and Professor National Research Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

    Young-Joon Surh

  • Assistant Professor Department of Biology, Texas Southern University, Houston, USA

    Shishir Shishodia

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Uses of Curcumin in Health and Disease

  • Editors: Bharat B. Aggarwal, Young-Joon Surh, Shishir Shishodia

  • Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-46401-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2007

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-46400-8Published: 18 May 2007

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-4282-1Published: 19 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-46401-5Published: 06 August 2007

  • Series ISSN: 0065-2598

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 490

  • Number of Illustrations: 72 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Immunology, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases, Virology, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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