Curcumin, a strong anti-cancer ingredient that is found in turmeric and curry, is a prominent yellow pigment and spice. Curcumin's
anti-tumour properties include inhibition of tumour proliferation, angiogenesis, invasion, and metastasis, induction of tumour
apoptosis, increased chemotherapy sensitivity, and cell cycle and cancer stem cell regulation, suggesting that curcumin has a strong
therapeutic potential of modulating cancer progression. Curcumin's anticancer impact has been demonstrated in human breast
cancer cell lines and human prostate cancer cell lines using the Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) assay and colony formation
test, respectively. Curcumin was employed at various concentrations (1, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 g/ml). Curcumin inhibits cancer cell
growth in the PCNA assay, and colonies were stained with crystal violet and the number of clones in a particular region was counted
for each condition in the colony forming study. Higher concentrations of curcumin were found to be effective against cancer cell lines in this investigation.
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