From Exotic Spice to Modern Drug? Seema Singh Cell Volume 130, Issue 5, Pages 765-768 (September 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.024 Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A Colorful and Flavorful Medicine The curry spice turmeric (called haldi in Hindi) contains the yellow pigment curcumin, an Indian traditional medicine currently being investigated in clinical trials for treating a variety of diseases. Turmeric is obtained by grinding the roots of the plant Curcuma longa. Photographs courtesy of the Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu. Cell 2007 130, 765-768DOI: (10.1016/j.cell.2007.08.024) Copyright © 2007 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions