Scientists have discovered that curcumin to be an effective agent for killing cancer cells. Curcumin’s effective has been extremely limited because it isn’t natually soluble in water. Recently, however a team has created a sophisticated metallocyclic complex using platinum that has not only enabled curcumin’s solubility, but whose synergy has proven 100 times more effective in treating various cancer types such as melanoma and breast cancer cells than using curcumin and platinum agents separately.