CURCUMIN

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“…multiple studies have suggested that even low levels of physiologically achievable concentrations of curcumin may be sufficient for its chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic activity”… Gastrointestinal Cancer Research Laboratory, Baylor University Medical Center

“…ex vivo and first clinical investigations confirm the anti-tumor effects of Curcumin, either as an isolated chemoprevention substance or in combination with chemotherapeutic agents as supportive measure reducing pharmaceutical resistance of tumor cells to certain chemotherapeutics”… Department of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich

“Curcumin, one of the most studied chemopreventive agents, is a natural compound extracted from Curcuma longa L. that allows suppression, retardation or inversion of carcinogenesis. Curcumin is also described as an anti-tumoral, anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory agent capable of inducing apoptosis in numerous cellular systems”… Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Cancer, Hôpital Kirchberg, Luxembourg

“Accumulating experimental evidence suggests that curcumin interferes with a variety of molecular targets and processes involved in cancer”… Department of Pathology, The Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

“Curcumin (diferuloylmethane), an anti-inflammatory agent used in traditional medicine, has been shown to suppress cellular transformation, proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis”… Cytokine Research Laboratory, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

“Based on significant efficacy in preclinical models, curcumin-based therapies may be attractive in patients with ovarian carcinoma”… Department of Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer

“Curcumin inhibits prostate cancer metastasis in vivo”… Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany