Curcumin and Its Role in Health and Disease |
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| Editor:
| Woltjer, Kathryn |
| Series title: | Nutrition and Diet Research Progress Ser. |
| ISBN: | 979-8-88697-491-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2023 |
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $160.00 |
Book Description:
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This book contains eight chapters discussing curcumin and its role in health and disease. Chapter One evaluates curcumin's role in cancer prevention. Chapter Two reviews curcumin's function as a natural systemic disease modulator. Chapter Three looks at the effects of curcumin supplantation and exercise training on Alzheimer's disease and age-associated cognitive decline. Chapter Four focuses on the antiviral effects of curcumin, with a special emphasis on COVID-19. Chapter Five...
More DescriptionThis book contains eight chapters discussing curcumin and its role in health and disease. Chapter One evaluates curcumin's role in cancer prevention. Chapter Two reviews curcumin's function as a natural systemic disease modulator. Chapter Three looks at the effects of curcumin supplantation and exercise training on Alzheimer's disease and age-associated cognitive decline. Chapter Four focuses on the antiviral effects of curcumin, with a special emphasis on COVID-19. Chapter Five examines green extraction techniques for curcumin, synthetic approaches, as well as its anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-neoplastic effects. Chapter Six reviews the possible effects of immune responses to the preventive combined effects of exercise training and curcumin supplementation in chronic disease. Chapter Seven is a mini review of the essential therapeutic effects of curcumin. The eighth and final chapter examines the promises and challenges of curcumin in medical research.