2 Curcumin from Curcuma Longa ( Tumeric ) is found to be non-toxic. In general population, it is consumed daily as a dietary spice at levels up to 100 mg/day . 4 In clinical trials, it has been administered at up to 8g a day without showing untoward side effects. 5 U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved curcumin as a “ generally regarded as safe ” compound. 6 Curcumin has been used since the time of Ayurveda (1900 BC). As component of food and for medicinal purposes ( skin, pulmonary, and gastrointestinal systems, aches, pains, wounds, sprains, and liver disorders) . Modern science has shown that curcumin modulates various signaling molecules including anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, pro-apoptotic, chemopreventive , chemotherapeutic, anti-proliferative, and anti-malarial. 6 (4) Huang et al., 1992 .Carcinogenesis (13), 2183–2186 (5) Nagabhushan and S. V. Bhide,.J Am Coll Nutr (11), 192–198. (6) Cohen, 2002 . Biol Med ,227, 864–868. (7) Anand , 2007 .,Mol Pharm.,4(6):807-18. One major problem with curcumin is its poor bioavailability . 7 poor absorption, rapid metabolism and rapid systemic elimination . INTRODUCTION