Phytochemical and Pharmacological Importance of
Turmeric (Curcuma longa): A Review

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Sayantani Chanda*       T.V. Ramachandra

Energy & Wetlands Research Group, CES TE 15, Center for Ecological Sciences , New Bioscience Building, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
Corresponding author: T.V. Ramachandra
E-mail: emram.ces@courses.iisc.ac.in, tvr@iisc.ac.in, energy@ces.iisc.ernet.in.


Citation: Sayantani Chanda, T.V. Ramachandra. Phytochemical and Pharmacological Importance of Turmeric (Curcuma longa): A Review. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Pharmacology. 2019; 9(1): 16–23p.

Conclusion

It has been revealed by wide-range of survey of the literature that Curcuma longa with diverse pharmacological characteristics is considered as a Universal panacea among the herbal medicine. This plant considered as a versatile medicinal plant which is responsible for the various usefulness as it possess various types of chemical compounds. So, it is obvious that to combat with the diseases a wide-ranged research is required to find their therapeutic utility. From time immemorial it is observed that crude extracts of different part of plants has its medicinal uses and the process of development of modern drugs now a days usually done by wide-ranged of research towards its bioactivity, manufacturing process, pharmacotherapeutics, toxicity and subsequently require proper standardization and clinical trials. Nowadays non-toxic plantproducts used as traditional medicine like Curcuma longa required extensive research and development work towards utilising its medicinal value and effort should be made to explore the possibilities of practical clinical applications and details of hidden and untold areas towards its usefulness for the welfare of mankind.

 

 

 

*Corresponding Author :
Sayantani Chanda,
Energy and Wetlands Research Group,
Center for Ecological Sciences Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 560012, India
e-mail:isayantani.chanda@gmail.com
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