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SM Dermatology Journal

Miracles of the Golden Spice-Turmeric

[ ISSN : 2575-7792 ]

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Received: 04-Feb-2019

Accepted: 22-Feb-2019

Published: 26-Feb-2019

Mini Review | Volume 5 - Issue 1 | Article DOI : https://dx.doi.org/10.36876/smdj.1031

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Nida Tabassum Khan*

Department of Biotechnology, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Pakistan

Corresponding Author:

Nida Tabassum Khan, Department of

Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences

and Informatics, Balochistan University

of Information Technology Engineering

and Management Sciences, Quetta,

Pakistan, Tel: 03368164903;

Keywords

Curcumin; Antioxidant; Antiinflammatory; Serotonin; Antidiabetic; Irritable bowel syndrome

Abstract

Turmeric also known by the name of Golden spice or Indian saffron because of its yellow golden color and is native to Southeast Asia and Central [1]. While turmeric is a appetizing spice that is used in culinary but it has also conventionally been used in traditional ayurvedic medicine to cure inflammation, skin infections, wounds, gastric discomforts, liver problems etc [2,3,4]. The active constituent of turmeric is curcumin which exhibits therapeutic properties such as antimicrobial, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory, pain reliever and healing agent [5,6]. Turmeric is available in either tablet, capsule, ground or powdered form in the market [7].

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Khan NT. Miracles of the Golden Spice-Turmeric. SM Dermatolog J. 2019; 5(1): 1031.