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The Global Curcumin Association (GCA), the non-profit trade association stewarding the global curcumin/turmeric market, applauds the publication of ‘Analytical strategies to determine the labelling accuracy and economically-motivated adulteration of “natural” dietary supplements in the marketplace: turmeric case study’ in the peer-reviewed journal […]

An article published in the journal Food & Function examined the effect of curcumin on energy metabolism in mice, determining that the gut microbiome mediates the effects of curcumin on enhancing uncoupling protein 1-dependent thermogenesis, improving high fat […]

Congratulations to GCA Founding Board member Verdure Sciences for winning the Nutraingredients-USA Nutrition Research Project Award for their Retinal Amyloid Pathology and Proof-of-Concept Imaging Clinical Trial with Longvida Optimized Curcumin. This category rewards the most innovative and […]

Recently there have been some global headlines surrounding turmeric and choleastatic hepatitis. The Global Curcumin Association recognizes the seriousness of the condition with which these nine people are contending, and we send best wishes for their speedy recovery. We also think it is important […]

Natural Products Insider has published an overview of recent curcumin and turmeric research

A recent study published in the Journal of Evidence-based Integrative Medicine describes research that examined the Effects of Turmeric and Curcumin Dietary Supplementation on Human Gut Microbiota observing that treated subjects could be divided into two groups […]

Research in mice suggests that curcumin treatment significantly reduces tumor burden in immunocompromised mice and synergizes with the therapeutic proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib to induce apoptosis in a variety of proteasome-addicted cancer cells.