TY - JOUR T1 - Antidotal or protective effects of Curcuma longa (turmeric) and its active ingredient, curcumin, against natural and chemical toxicities: A review. AU - Hosseini,Azar, AU - Hosseinzadeh,Hossein, PY - 2017/09/26/received PY - 2018/01/11/revised PY - 2018/01/11/accepted PY - 2018/1/26/pubmed PY - 2018/8/22/medline PY - 2018/1/26/entrez KW - Chemical toxins KW - Curcuma longa KW - Curcumin KW - Natural toxins KW - Protective effects KW - Toxicology SP - 411 EP - 421 JF - Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie JO - Biomed Pharmacother VL - 99 N2 - Curcuma longa is a rhizomatous perennial herb that belongs to the family Zingiberaceae, native to South Asia and is commonly known as turmeric. It is used as herbal remedy due to the prevalent belief that the plant has medical properties. C. longa possesses different effects such as antioxidant, anti-tumor, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, wound healing, and gastroprotective activities. The recent studies have shown that C. longa and curcumin, its important active ingredient, have protective effects against toxic agents. In this review article, we collected in vitro and animal studies which are related to protective effects of turmeric and its active ingredient against natural and chemical toxic agents. SN - 1950-6007 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/29367110/Antidotal_or_protective_effects_of_Curcuma_longa__turmeric__and_its_active_ingredient_curcumin_against_natural_and_chemical_toxicities:_A_review_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -