A study conducted by few scientists in London revealed that, turmeric an ingredient in the food prevents liver damage.

In this study an Austrian scientist noticed that curcumin, when given to mice results in reducing the amount of irritation cause by liver cell damage, blockage and scarring.

The team led by Michael Trauner of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology division at the Medical University Graz in Austria observed mice suffering from this disease for eight to nine weeks, they had taken their tissue and blood samples for test before and after giving them curcumin.

They established that curcumin in the diets of mice reduced bile duct blockage and curbed liver cell damage and scarring by interfering with chemical signaling pathways involved in inflammation.

Researchers reviewed previous research recommendations for curcumin, which provide yellow color to turmeric and possesses some anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

Through some studies, it was believed that people who eat lots of curry are less prone to this disease. Researchers also want to analyse few more attributes of curcumin, although when it is discovered that when curcumin is digested it drop its anti-cancer properties. They would also like to enlighten the fact that whether curcumin delays the damage caused by progressive inflammatory liver disease or it cure the disease in its primary stages.

The Austrian researchers explained that progressive inflammatory liver disease includes two conditions; primary sclerosing cholangitis and primary biliary cirrhosis, both of these stages leads to major tissue damage, blockage in the bile canals and finally lead to fatal liver cirrhosis.

While researchers believe that this study is in its preliminary stage but holds a gifted future.