“…Over the past half a century, curcumin has received growing interest in biological [ 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ], pharmacological [ 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 ], and nutraceutical research [ 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ]. Interestingly, it was in 1949 that its antibacterial properties were discovered [ 1 ]. Since then, many studies have proved that curcumin also possesses other potential beneficial properties, such as anti-inflammatory [ 27 , 28 ], antiproliferative [ 29 , 30 ], antimetastatic [ 31 , 32 ], anti-angiogenic [ 29 , 33 ], antidiabetic [ 34 , 35 , 36 ], hepatoprotective [ 37 , 38 , 39 ], anti-atherosclerotic [ 40 , 41 ], antithrombotic [ 42 ], wound healing [ 43 ], anti-cancer [ 44 ], anti-arthritic [ 45 ], neuroprotective [ 46 , 47 ], analgesic [ 45 ], immunomodulatory [ 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ], and pulmonoprotective […”