Curcuma’s anti-parasite usage
By Linda on Jan 20, 2011 in Infections | comments(0)
Excerpt:
Members of the CURCUMA plant species (Zingiberaceae) have been used for
centuries in cooking, cosmetics, staining and in traditional medicine as
“omnipotent” remedies. Herbal preparations made with, and molecules
extracted from, CURCUMA have been shown to possess a wide variety of
pharmacological properties against malignant proliferation, hormonal
disorders, inflammation, and parasitosis among other conditions. This review
evaluates CURCUMA and its associated bioactive compounds, particularly
focusing on studies examining the parasiticidal activity of these components
against the tropical parasites PLASMODIUM, LEISHMANIA, TRYPANOSOMA,
SCHISTOSOMA and more generally against other cosmopolitan parasites
(nematodes, BABESIA, CANDIDA, GIARDIA, COCCIDIA and SARCOPTES). (c) Georg
Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart .
New York.
