Role of turmeric and curcumin in prevention and treatment of chronic diseases: Lessons learned from clinical trials

AB Kunnumakkara, M Hegde, D Parama… - ACS pharmacology & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) has been used for thousands of years for the prevention and
treatment of various chronic diseases. Curcumin is just one of> 200 ingredients in turmeric …

The therapeutic potential of curcumin: A review of clinical trials

B Salehi, Z Stojanović-Radić, J Matejić… - European journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Curcuma longa L., its derived extracts and even its major compound curcumin has a long
history of use and doubtless effectiveness, reported through increasingly detailed in vitro, ex …

The essential medicinal chemistry of curcumin: miniperspective

KM Nelson, JL Dahlin, J Bisson, J Graham… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Curcumin is a constituent (up to∼ 5%) of the traditional medicine known as turmeric. Interest
in the therapeutic use of turmeric and the relative ease of isolation of curcuminoids has led …

Experimental and clinical reports on anti‐inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory effects of Curcuma longa and curcumin, an updated and comprehensive …

A Memarzia, MR Khazdair, S Behrouz… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Curcuma longa (C. longa) or turmeric is a plant with a long history of use in traditional
medicine, especially for treating inflammatory conditions C. longa and its main constituent …

Biochemistry, safety, pharmacological activities, and clinical applications of turmeric: a mechanistic review

RS Ahmad, MB Hussain, MT Sultan… - Evidence‐Based …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a popular natural drug, traditionally used for the treatment of
a wide range of diseases. Its root, as its most popular part used for medicinal purposes …

Antioxidant Properties of Popular Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Varieties from Bangladesh

EM Tanvir, MS Hossen, MF Hossain… - Journal of food …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the aqueous and ethanolic extracts of different forms (local names: mura
and chora) of turmeric (Curcuma longa) from the Khulna and Chittagong divisions of …

Multitargeting by turmeric, the golden spice: From kitchen to clinic

SC Gupta, B Sung, JH Kim, S Prasad… - Molecular nutrition & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Although much has been published about curcumin, which is obtained from turmeric,
comparatively little is known about turmeric itself. Turmeric, a golden spice obtained from the …

Curcumin, a component of turmeric: from farm to pharmacy

SC Gupta, G Kismali, BB Aggarwal - Biofactors, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin, an active polyphenol of the golden spice turmeric, is a highly pleiotropic molecule
with the potential to modulate the biological activity of a number of signaling molecules …

Natural products for the prevention and treatment of oral mucositis—a review

AS Ferreira, C Macedo, AM Silva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cancer, a major world public health problem, is associated with chemotherapy treatments
whose administration leads to secondary concerns, such as oral mucositis (OM). The OM …

Comparative absorption of curcumin formulations

R Jäger, RP Lowery, AV Calvanese, JM Joy, M Purpura… - Nutrition journal, 2014 - Springer
Background The potential health benefits of curcumin are limited by its poor solubility, low
absorption from the gut, rapid metabolism and rapid systemic elimination. The purpose of …