Curcumin ndi mankhwala achilengedwe omwe amachokera makamaka ku muzu wa chomera cha turmeric. Curcumin amadziwika kwambiri chifukwa cha ubwino wake wathanzi komanso ntchito zachipatala. Amakhulupirira kuti ali ndi anti-yotupa, antioxidant, anti-tumor, antibacterial, lipid-kutsitsa, ndi zotsatira za magazi.