Both are required for complete optimal metabolic function and their function in the body is similar in that they are both used to generate a wide
range eicosanoids, the technical term for the aforementioned «signal molecules.»
At a mechanistic level, curcumin mitigates inflammation by inhibiting an array of pro-inflammatory signaling molecules, such as the
eicosanoids known as leukotrienes, thromboxanes, and prostaglandins, which elicit deleterious effects
ranging from pain to blood clotting to airway constriction (Chainani, 2003).