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CREB and p-Akt, Finally, the apoptotic effect of curcumin was synchronised with
decreased expression of p-Akt, which is an important factor in cell survival and
proliferation (47).

5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The author thanks Dr Adeeb Shehzad for his technical assistance and help
with figures preparation, and gratefully acknowledges the efforts by Prof.
Alexzander Asea and Dr. Badaruddin Abbasi for carefully proofreading the
manuscript.

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