Clinical Application of “Curcumin”, a Multi-Functional Substance

Acknowledgments

We would like to express our deep gratitude to Drs. Koji Hasegawa, Hiroki Sasaki, Yoshihiko Otsuka, and Tadashi Hashimoto, who provided useful comments. This work was supported in part by research grants from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.

Conflict of interest statement:

The authors declare no financial or other conflicts of interest in the writing of this paper.

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