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[Curcumin in the treatment of prostatic diseases]
1Institute of Urology & Nephrology, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China. charmneter@yahoo.com.cn
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue = National Journal of Andrology
|February 27, 2008
Abstract:
The use of turmeric, derived from the root of the plant curcuma longa, for the treatment of various diseases has been described in Ayurveda and in Traditional Chinese Medicine for thousands of years. The active component of turmeric responsible for this activity, curcumin, was identified almost two centuries ago. Extensive research over the last decade has indicated that this polyphenol can both prevent and treat prostatic diseases.