Curcumin content of turmeric and curry powders

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 126-131

  Tayyem, Reema F ^a   Heath, Dennis D ^b   Al Delaimy, Wael K ^b   Rock, Cheryl L ^c  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; TURMERIC;

ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CURCUMA LONGA; CURRY; EVALUATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SPICE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CURCUMA; CURCUMIN; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MURRAYA; NEOPLASMS; PHYTOTHERAPY; SPICES;

ANIMALIA; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 33750866396     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5502_2     Document Type: Article

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