Turmeric: one of the potential antiosteoarthritic agents

ISBN-13: 9786138923350 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 52 str.

Eman Refaat Youness;Nabila A El- Laithy

Opis

Turmeric has been used in Asia for thousands of years and is a major part of Ayurveda, Siddha medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, Unani, and the animistic rituals of Austronesian peoples. Curcumin is a polyphenolic hydrophobic substance derived within the rhizome of Curcuma longa. It has been proved that usually curcumin provides anticancer impact against different types of malignancies, anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, anti-microbial, anti-diabetic and anti-rheumatic actions. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the movable joints affecting the elderly population. One of the potential antiosteoarthritic agents under limelight is curcumin.

O autorze

Youness, Eman Refaat
Dr. Eman Refaat Youness, MD, Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo university, Professor of Medical Biochemistry, National Research centre, Egypt, Experienced in experimental design, clinical Researches, DNA, PCR,have a lot of international publications, member in international societies, Reviewer and editor in many journals.