A Comprehensive Review on the Therapeutic Potential of Curcuma longa Linn. in Relation to its Major Active Constituent Curcumin

• Main Authors: Fuloria, Shivkanya, Mehta, Jyoti, Chandel, Aditi, Mahendran, Sekar, Nur Najihah, Izzati Mat Rani, Begum, M Yasmin, Vetriselvan, Subramaniyan, Chidambaram, Kumarappan, Thangavelu, Lakshmi, Rusli, Bin Nordin, Wu, Yuan Seng *, Kathiresan, V Sathasivam, Lum, Pei Teng, Meenakshi, Dhanalekshmi Unnikrishnan, Vinoth, Kumarasamy, Abdul Kalam, Azad, Fuloria, Neeraj Kumar
• Format: Article
• Published: Frontiers Media 2022
• Subjects: QK Botany; RA Public aspects of medicine; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/3035/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.820806

Curcuma longa Linn. (C. longa), popularly known as turmeric, belongs to the Zingiberaceae family and has a long historical background of having healing properties against many diseases. In Unani and Ayurveda medicine, C. longa has been used for liver obstruction and jaundice, and has been applied ex...