From kitchen to gut: curcumin in cholestasis.

摘要

Complementary and herbal agents such as curcumin are returning from the past to enter the future of medicine. Curcumin is a compound extracted from the dietary spice turmeric, part of the medicinal plant known as turmeric yellow derived from the stem (rhizome) of Curcuma longa1 New biological activities and medicinal properties for curcumin have been described recently, including salutary effects in liver injury and fibrosis models.