Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Turmeric is a bright yellow spice that comes from the Curcuma longa plant. This plant is ...

Curcumin has an estimated bioavailability of 65% after oral administration. It inhibits cytochrome P-450 isoenzyme 1A1 and is metabolized by glucuronidation. [13] Neither turmeric nor curcumin has ...

Trials on rats have shown that extremely high doses of curcumin managed to inhibit the development of several types of cancer, but only about 2-3% of turmeric powder is curcumin, and when we eat ...