Curcumin, the active substance of turmeric: its effects on health and ways to improve its bioavailability

ME Abd El‐Hack, MT El‐Saadony… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a spice utilized widely in India, China, and Southeast Asia as
an aromatic stimulant, a food preservative, and coloring material. The commonly used …

Development of nanotechnology-mediated precision radiotherapy for anti-metastasis and radioprotection

Y Pan, W Tang, W Fan, J Zhang, X Chen - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Radiotherapy (RT), including external beam RT and internal radiation therapy, uses high-
energy ionizing radiation to kill tumor cells. However, ionizing radiation inevitably damages …

Nano formulation approaches for curcumin delivery-a review

K Gayathri, M Bhaskaran, C Selvam… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Curcumin is a polyphenol molecule derived from Curcuma longa Linn's rhizomes. Curcumin
appears to have been the target of substantial research, with cancer, viral, fungal infections …

Curcumin mediates anticancer effects by modulating multiple cell signaling pathways

AB Kunnumakkara, D Bordoloi, C Harsha… - Clinical …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
Curcumin, a component of a spice native to India, was first isolated in 1815 by Vogel and
Pelletier from the rhizomes of Curcuma longa (turmeric) and, subsequently, the chemical …

Antibody‐incorporated nanomedicines for cancer therapy

SY Wu, FG Wu, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antibody‐based cancer therapy, one of the most significant therapeutic strategies, has
achieved considerable success and progress over the past decades. Nevertheless …

Curcumin encapsulation in functional PLGA nanoparticles: A promising strategy for cancer therapies

F da Silva Feltrin, T Agner, C Sayer… - Advances in colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have emerged as promising drug delivery systems for the treatment of several
diseases. Novel cancer therapies have exploited these particles as alternative adjuvant …

Therapeutic applications of curcumin nanoformulations

MM Yallapu, PKB Nagesh, M Jaggi, SC Chauhan - The AAPS journal, 2015 - Springer
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a bioactive and major phenolic component of turmeric
derived from the rhizomes of curcuma longa linn. For centuries, curcumin has exhibited …

miRNA nanotherapeutics for cancer

A Ganju, S Khan, BB Hafeez, SW Behrman… - Drug discovery today, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•MicroRNAs play a major role in cancer.•Several clinical trials with microRNA are
reported for cancer treatment.•Delivery of microRNA encounters several challenges.•We …

Application of curcumin-loaded nanocarriers for food, drug and cosmetic purposes

Z Rafiee, M Nejatian, M Daeihamed… - Trends in Food Science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Curcumin, the major bioactive material of turmeric, has wide functional features
such as anti-diabetic, anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, and antioxidant activities. However …

MicroRNA: A novel target of curcumin in cancer therapy

H Mirzaei, A Masoudifar, A Sahebkar… - Journal of cellular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin is known as a natural dietary polyphenol which is extracted from Curcuma longa
L. It has been shown that curcumin has a variety of pharmacological effects such as …