The next step in research should be to give a high but safe dose to 10 to 20 people for several weeks, and measure changes in viral activity, either with the readily available p24 test, or with sophisticated research tests such as quantitative PCR, or the branched DNA assay. Both natural turmeric and concentrated curcumin should be tested. We do not know of anybody anywhere in the world doing such a study, or making plans to do so, or otherwise following up on curcumin as a possible AIDS treatment. Medical research is expensive, and requires considerable effort and resources to make anything happen. And government and non-profit research organizations have usually failed to focus on the critical need for getting safe, inexpensive treatment possibilities into small but credible tests for biological activity in humans.
Turmeric paper is prepared by soaking unglazed white paper in the tincture and then drying.
Used as a test for alkaloids and boric acid. Curcumin as an Inhibitor of Cancer. Pharmacology of Curcuma longa.