Turmeric and curcumin: Biological actions and medicinal applications

Current Science

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-53

  Chattopadhyay, Ishita ^a   Biswas, Kaushik ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Uday ^b   Banerjee, Ranajit K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURCUMA; CURCUMA LONGA;

EID: 6444221181     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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