Curcumin and Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Biological Mechanisms and Clinical Implication
Author(s) -
Tauseef Ali,
Faiz Shakir,
Jordan Morton
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
digestion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1421-9867
pISSN - 0012-2823
DOI - 10.1159/000336720
Subject(s) - curcumin , ulcerative colitis , inflammatory bowel disease , medicine , disease , inflammatory bowel diseases , crohn's disease , colitis , clinical trial , intensive care medicine , pharmacology
Increased recognition of the limits of conventional medicine has helped drive the growing interest in complementary and alternative medicine which is now being commonly used in patients with chronic diseases, including individuals with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Recently, scientific interest has unraveled the beneficial pharmacological effects of curcumin. We present an updated concise review of currently available in vitro, animal and clinical studies demonstrating the therapeutic effect of herbal medication in inflammatory bowel disease.
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