Figure 8.

Sixty-day curcumin treatment did not cause overt side effects. Complete Blood Count (CBC) was performed in a clinical laboratory, after a 60-day curcumin and placebo treatment of MRL.lpr (female, n = 5 each). Peripheral blood cell counts were not altered by curcumin treatment in the immune nephritis mouse models (A–H). Enzymes for liver function: Alanine amino transferase and aspartate amino transferase enzyme activities were measured in the immune nephritis mouse models (I,J) to compare the curcumin treatment with similar samples from the placebo treated mice. Each bar represents the mean of three mice. Error bars denote standard deviation.