India has been recognized all over the world for spices and medicinal plants. Both exhibit a wide range of physiological and pharmacological properties. Current biomedical efforts are focused on their scientific merits, to provide science-based evidence for the traditional uses and to develop either functional foods or nutraceuticals. The Indian traditional medical systems use turmeric for woun...

Hexanal, pentanal, and heptanal were found to be normal components of commercially processed, fresh-pack dill pickles. Hexanal and pentanal were present at concentrations severalfold higher than their odor detection thresholds. These aldehydes were also found in pickles that were packed in the laboratory under anaerobic conditions. Injection of oxygen into pickles prepared in anaerobic conditio...

Ascaridia galli, the common intestinal nematode, remains a major cause of economic loss in the poultry industry in developing countries. Treatments using chemicals are not only expensive but also affect host health. Plant extracts as better alternative is gaining significance. Here, we have studied the effects of alcoholic extract of turmeric, Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) roots, against A. ...

While the chemotherapeutic effect of curcumin, one of three major curcuminoids derived from turmeric, has been reported, largely unexplored are the effects of complex turmeric extracts more analogous to traditional medicinal preparations, as well as the relative importance of the three curcuminoids and their metabolites as anti-cancer agents. These studies document the pharmacodynamic effects o...

Geranylgeranoic acid (GGA) is one of the most potent cancer-preventive acyclic retinoids. GGA has been shown to induce cell death in human hepatoma-derived HuH-7 cells. We have recently reported the natural occurrence of GGA and its related compounds in several medicinal herbs such as turmeric, basil, rosehip, cinnamon and others [Shidoji and Ogawa, J. Lipid Res., 45: 1092-1103, 2004]. In the p...

Curcuma longa has well-known insecticidal and repellent effects on insect pests, but its impact on Trichoplusia ni is unknown. In this study, the compound ar-turmerone, extracted and purified from C. longa rhizomes, was identified, and its insecticidal effects, along with turmeric powder, curcuminoid pigments and crude essential oil were evaluated against this important agricultural pest. The r...

Aim: Protective role of turmeric was assessed against cisplatin-induced histological and ultra-structural changes in kidney. Materials and Methods: A total of 48 rats were divided into 4 groups of 12 rats in each. Group 1 was kept as sham control, group 2 was treated with cisplatin (@ 2 mg/kg b.wt, intraperitoneally on day 1, 7, 14 and 21), group 3 with turmeric (@ 0.05 mg/kg b.wt. p.o. once da...

Turmeric is the rhizomatous, herbaceous, perineal plant having many traditional and medicinal uses. Traditionally turmeric was used for spices in food system of medicine as like Ayurvedic medicine, Siddha Unani Chinese System purpose anti-microbial, antiseptic, anti-oxidant mild digestive problems.Turmeric consists wide variety phytochemicals such Demethoxycurcumin (DMC), Bis-Demethoxycurcumin ...

  Background: Studies have indicated that extraweight and obesity induce chronic inflammation, which can lead to other diseases such as cancers. Objective: To evaluate the effects of two weight-lowering and anti-inflammatory agents including cinnamon, and turmeric, on serum levels of interleukin-17 (IL-17) as a pro-inflammatory cytokine. Methods: In this study, 64 rats were designated in eight...