MTOR and cancer: At the molecular genetic levels, turmeric or its components have been shown to influence several molecular targets that are involved in various biological processes such as cancer (p53, mTOR, Bcl2 and Bcl3, cyclin A and D, AP-1, AKt, PKc, NF-kB, Jak/Stat, and JNK), neurodegeneration (lipofuscin and Aβ deposition, lipid peroxidation, SOD and nrf2, COX2, LOX, and iNOS, Bax, and Bcl-xS), and aging (mTOR, DFF40, IAP, IIS, Aki, Bax and Bcl-xS, iNOS, NF-jB, LOX, and COX2) [15, 16].