ターメリックの主要な成分であるクルクミンは,システィック・ファイブロシスの欠陥を修正します

Marie E Egan1, Marilyn Pearson, Scott A Weiner

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, Post Office Box 208026, New Haven, CT 06520-8026, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 24, 2004
PubMed
まとめ

安全な化合物であるクルクミンは,システィック・フィブロシスの欠陥を修正する可能性があります. 共通するDeltaF508変異を持つマウスの口服カルキュミンは鼻の機能を改善し,この状態に対する潜在的な治療的役割を示唆しました.

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