Department of Drug Development and Research, Gurugram University, Haryana, India
Review Article
Therapeutic Potential of Culinary Spices
Author(s): Ramanpreet Walia*, Shikha Saxena, Akanksha Singh, Reecha Madaan, Swati Madaan and Avneet Kaur Lamba
Spices are herbs used as flavoring, aromatic and coloring
agents. The culture of various countries even involves
incorporation of spices on a daily basis, not just for their
culinary potential, but also for the health benefits they
provide. In fact, many age-old scriptures suggest the
incorporation of Indian System of Spices in everyday meals
to counter many diseases and keep them at bay too. The
fact that dietary factors play an important role in treatment
as-well-as prevention of diseases, makes it all the more
important to conduct research and provide scientific
evidence regarding the use of culinary species as potential
agents with a therapeutic effect. Such culinary spices have
various active phytoconstituents which can have many
therapeutic effects and also prove to be great antimicrobial,
antidiabetic, anticancer etc. agents. Generally,.. View More»
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