Curcumin
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Turmeric and curcurmin. Image: Front. Pharmacol., 09 May 2018 Fig 1. doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2018.00472. License:CC BY-4.0
Curcurmin is the bright yellow chemical compound found in some plants, principally it is the main ingredient in turmeric. Curcumin is used in Ayurvedic medicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Medical studies using curcumin to reduce inflammation have had mixed results.
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Notable studies[edit | edit source]
- 2009, Curcumin, a polyphenolic antioxidant, attenuates chronic fatigue syndrome in murine water immersion stress model[1] (Abstract)
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- ↑ Gupta, Amit; Vij, Garima; Sharma, Sameer; Tirkey, Naveen; Rishi, Praveen; Chopra, Kanwaljit (January 2009). "Curcumin, a polyphenolic antioxidant, attenuates chronic fatigue syndrome in murine water immersion stress model". Immunobiology. 214 (1): 33–39. doi:10.1016/j.imbio.2008.04.003. ISSN 0171-2985.
