Table 1.

Major bioactivities of turmeric and its bioactive constituents that relate to specific health disorders

Health disorder	Reported bioactivity	References
Oxidative stress	Antioxidant	[15–18]
Inflammation and inflammatory diseases	Anti-inflammatory Immunomodulatory	[19–21]
Allergy	Anti-allergic	[22–24]
Cardiovascular diseases	Hypolipidemic Atheroprotective Cardioprotective	[25–28]
Diabetes	Hypoglycemic Antiglycation Antidiabetic	[29–32]
Cancer	Antitumor Pro-apoptotic Antimetastatic Anticancer	[33–36]
Neurodegenerative diseases	Neuroprotective	[37–39]
Depression	Antidepressant	[40–42]
Liver diseases	Hepatoprotective	[43–45]