BCL2 and Cirrhosis: This was confirmed by the ratio Bax/Bcl-2 which was high in the treated groups compared with the cirrhosis group and the large number of Bax positive-stained hepatocytes together with few Bcl2 positive-stained hepatocytes both doses of CLRE-treated animals, and in Silymarin-treated animals compared with the cirrhosis Group (Figures 10, 11, 13A and 13B) indicating the susceptibility of these cells to apoptosis and the role of curcuminoids in inducing apoptosis [53].