According to a researcher in University of California, Irvine, curcumin, a compound found in turmeric and curry can be used in anti aging supplements.

Dr. Mahtab Jafari, pharmaceutical sciences’ assistant professor, has been studying the properties of anti aging of herbs and plants for almost five years. Dr. Jafari found out that curcumin can increase the life span of fruit flies by nearly 20 percent.

In addition, Dr. Jafari said that as curcumin works as an antioxidant, they do not know why the flies lived much longer. However, while the curcumin influenced the genes of age-related, they can assume that it also influenced the process of aging.

Moreover, the research was finished in tandem by Dr. Jafari of University of California and Dr. Kyung-Jin Min in of South Korea’s research facility on two various twists of fruit flies. Both of the studies found out that the natural lives of the flies indulged with curcumin were extensively boosted and that the flies illustrated improved quality.

Furthermore, when the flies were uncovered to the agents of cancer-causing the curcumin showed to contain properties for preventing tumor. However, before people hurry up to purchase any kinds of supplements, including curcumin that is typically seen in the form of powdered capsules of turmeric, Dr. Jafari recommended people to be warned and be cynical on the publicity of pharmaceutical companies.

On the other hand, there have been several researches on curcumin and other compounds of antioxidant and large companies are relying on the interest of the public, Dr. Jafari stated. She added that the public needs to inspect the details.

If the company of any pharmaceutical builds such assertions, then they require backing it up. Dr. Jafari also added that the public needs to examine clearly and try to ask for someone who really knows the right answer.

Another concern of Dr. Jafari is that people need to intake the supplements correctly because the research has not finally found the proper every day dosage for curcumin.