Curcumin as a therapeutic agent: the evidence from in vitro, animal and human studies.

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Published in Br J Nutr on January 26, 2010

Authors

Jenny Epstein1, Ian R Sanderson, Thomas T Macdonald

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Digestive Diseases, Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London, 4 Newark Street, London E1 2AT, UK. j.epstein@qmul.ac.uk

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