pigments of turmeric, display antioxidative, anticarcinogenic and hypocholesterolemic
activities. In this study, we investigated the effects of dietary supplemented curcuminoids
[commercial grade curcumin: a mixture of curcumin (73.4%), demethoxycurcumin (16.1%)
and bisdemethoxycurcumin (10.5%)] on lipid metabolism in rats. Male Sprague-Dawley rats
were assigned to three diet groups (n= 6) and fed a moderately high-fat diet (15 g soybean …