Curcumin – A promising phytocompound of immense potential

Curcumin is a polyphenol derived from the Curcuma longa plant (diferuloylmethane). For thousands of years it has been employed in Ayurvedic medicine for a range of therapeutic features, including relief of pain, reactive oxygen activity, inflammatory prevention and antibacterial qualities. Curcumin activity is displayed in the cell through a clustering of signaling pathways at different stages. Curcumin s anticancer capabilities have recently been examined in a number of ways, including expression of cancer gene, cancer spread, cell cycle control and regulation, scheduled death of cells and malignancy development. Curcumin s enormous promise as a cancer treatment has been demonstrated in all of such studies. It has many applications in the fight against cardiovascular, reactive oxygen, microbial and fungal diseases. Curcumin nano-formulations are also investigated for its impact on cancer and therapeutic advantages. The current review summarizes the investigations done as well as data supporting the pharmacological activity of curcumin.