Curcumin sensitizes colon cancer cells to chemotherapy
Created: Friday, 17 January 2014 03:23
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An article published in the journal PLOS One reportsthe finding of Mehdi Shakibaei of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany and colleagues of a chemosensitizing benefit for curcumin, a compound occurring in turmeric, in colon cancer cells resistant to treatment with the chemotherapy drug 5- fluorouracil (5-FU).