A number of early-phase clinical studies provide evidence
that curcumin may be beneficial for inflammatory and
malignant disorders. Although these early trials often
emphasized pharmacokinetics and safety, beneficial effects
of curcumin have been demonstrated for dyspepsia,8
osteoarthritis rheumatoid arthritis uveitis orbital
pseudotumor a variety of premalignant or preinvasive
malignancies familial adenomatous polyposis inflammatory
bowel disease and pancreatic cancer