"Curcumin: A Potential Drug Candidate" - Paperbackby Ginpreet Kaur (Author), Meena Chintamaneni (Author) The questions of whether medicines discovered today are safer, more efficacious, and more affordable than generic medicines or medicines that are centuries old could be answered "no" for most of the modern medicines. If so, then it is logical to revisit and revive these age old medicines for the welfare of mankind. Curcumin is an important nutraceutical obtained from the root of the plant Curcuma