Curcumin, a natural polyphenol derived from the root of the curcuma longa plant, has been used for centuries in Chinese and Indian traditional medicine to treat wounds, infections, and other skin problems.
The active ingredient in curcuma, curcumin, has a wide range of pharmacologically beneficial properties such as antioxidant, anticancer, antimutagenic, antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal, antidiabetic, and anti-inflammatory.

Piperine (bioperine) increases bioavailability of other substances (significantly increases absorption of biologically active substances from small intestine).

Piperine stimulates metabolism and secretion (saliva, digestive juices), has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective effects.

Scope: as a dietary supplement - a source of curcumin containing piperine.