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The book fulfills a timely need of a comprehensive account of all aspects of turmeric, namely cultivation, identification, uses in modern medicine, specially established by clinical trials, as well as in other systems of traditional medicines, Ayurvedic formulations and home remedies. It covers the up-to-date reserachers on the pharmacological, microbiological, immunopharmacological and biochemical actions as also the detailed phytochemistry of turmeric and cucumin, syntheses and biosynthesis and structure-activity relationships of the cucuminoids with 532 references. It also includes glossary of medical terms, selected classified Patents and a classified list of US and World-wide patents. New Book