Turmeric and Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

• Curcumin for the clinical treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of placebo-controlled randomized clinical trials.

  • 2026-01-12
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 244
  • Frontiers in immunology 16
  • • Yihua Fan
    • Zhiqiang Yi
    • Shijie Mao
    • Jialu Wen
    • Jiwei Zhang
    • Qiang Zhang
    • Ruihan Liu

  • PubMed: 41601662
  • DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2025.1726157

  8 Insights on

  • Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  C-reactive protein (CRP) level (SMD = -2.91, 95%CI(-4.42, -1.39), P = 0.0002; very low)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

• Clinical Potential of Curcuma longa Linn. as Nutraceutical/Dietary Supplement for Metabolic Syndrome: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2025-12-24
  • Review
  • Foods (Basel, Switzerland) 15(1)
  • • Samuel Abiodun Kehinde
    • Zahid Naeem Qaisrani
    • Rinrada Pattanayaiying
    • Bo Bo Lay
    • Khin Yadanar Phyo
    • Wai Phyo Lin
    • Myat Mon San
    • Nurulhusna Awaeloh
    • Sasithon Aunsorn
    • Ran Kitkangplu
    • Sasitorn Chusri

  • PubMed: 41517125
  • DOI: 10.3390/foods15010060

  9 Insights on

  • Reduced C-Reactive Protein Levels

  • Low evidence
  • Clinical

  lowering C-reactive protein (SMD = -0.62; 95% CI: -0.81 to -0.43)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes