Cervical Cancer: curcumin inhibits in a dose and time dependent the expression of E6 and E7 in cervical cancer cells. Curcumin prevented NF-jB activation via the suppression of IkBa phosphorylation and degradation, and down regulated the expression of COX-2 and AP-1 in cervical tumor cells. This evidence concerns the gene PTGS2 and uterine cervix neoplasm.