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| Title: | Spices and Therapeutics |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2004 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| Abstract: | Spices-Curcumin. present in Turmeric(Curcuma domestica Valeton syn:. C. long a Linn.) may activate a key enzyme that protects the brain against oxidation, thought to be a major factor in ageing and responsible for neuro degenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease.
Therapeutics-Cannabis sativa Linn., commonly known as Marijuana (Hindi - Bhang) has been utilized in ethnomedicine in psychiatry, migraine, other pain conditions and in obstetrics and gynecology. It is reported that Jamaican fishermen who smoked or ingested a crude tincture of cannabis were apparently able to see and navigate their boats through dangerous coral reefs in the darkness of night under conditions that seemed highly improbable |
| Page(s): | 442-448 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.3(6) [November-December 2004]
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