From exotic spice to modern drug?

Cell. 2007 Sep 7;130(5):765-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.024.

Abstract

The global demand for more affordable therapeutics and concerns about side effects of commonly used drugs are refocusing interest on Eastern traditional medicines, particularly those of India and China.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Consumer Product Safety
  • Curcuma*
  • Curcumin / adverse effects
  • Curcumin / economics
  • Curcumin / therapeutic use*
  • Drug Approval
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Drug Industry* / economics
  • Drug Industry* / legislation & jurisprudence
  • Humans
  • Medicine, Ayurvedic*
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
  • Patents as Topic
  • Phytotherapy*
  • Plant Preparations / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Plant Preparations
  • Curcumin