A review of antioxidant polyphenol curcumin and its role in detoxification

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 280-289

  Alrawaiq, Nadia Salem ^a   Abdullah, Azman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curcumin; Metabolism; Nrf2; Phase II detoxifying enzymes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893905665     PISSN: 09744304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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