According to a latest study, curcumin, a chemical in turmeric, which gives curry a yellow color, might end up slowing the progress of liver diseases.

The researchers involved in the study examined how a pinch of the spice protected mice, which had been bred to have inflammation in their bile channels from liver damage.

The findings recommend that liver damage, jaundice and scarring were all diminished by the curcumin.

However, there is no hint from this study that having turmeric will have the same outcome or be a helpful treatment for human beings.

The research was conducted by Dr. Anna Baghdasaryan and associates from the Laboratory of Experimental and Molecular Hepatology at the Medical University Graz in Austria in association with coworkers from Texas.

The study came out in the medical journal Gut.

This study was aimed at testing a mouse model of a group of diseases in humans known as chronic cholangiopathies. These diseases can lead to jaundice, liver cirrhosis, liver failure and liver cancer.

The researchers say that the findings reveal that curcumin might have several targets in the liver. They believe that targeting these passageways might be a hopeful approach for treating cholangiopathies.

The research has carved a path for further exploration. The study is still at its first stage and it is too early to say that any new treatments will be developed from the spice.