Antiviral and immunomodulatory activity of curcumin: A case for prophylactic therapy for COVID-19

RK Thimmulappa, KK Mudnakudu-Nagaraju… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19), a devastating respiratory illness caused by
SARS-associated coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has already affected over 64 million people …

Critical review on nutritional, bioactive, and medicinal potential of spices and herbs and their application in food fortification and nanotechnology

D Mandal, T Sarkar, R Chakraborty - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
Medicinal or herbal spices are grown in tropical moist evergreen forestland, surrounding
most of the tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Himalayas in India (Sikkim …

Smart pH-responsive magnetic graphene quantum dots nanocarriers for anticancer drug delivery of curcumin

ES Zadeh, N Ghanbari, Z Salehi, S Derakhti… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, we designed a targeted multifunctional anticancer drug carrier based on
magnetic to improve the efficiency of curcumin (Cur) as a non-toxic and hydrophobic …

Recent updates in curcumin delivery

MA Obeid, M Alsaadi, AA Aljabali - Journal of liposome research, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Curcumin is a natural component extracted from the rhizomes of turmeric (Curcuma longa),
a natural plat with known medicinal uses for more than 4000 years. Most turmeric …

Using microfluidics for scalable manufacturing of nanomedicines from bench to GMP: A case study using protein-loaded liposomes

C Webb, N Forbes, CB Roces, G Anderluzzi… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nanomedicines are well recognised for their ability to improve therapeutic outcomes. Yet,
due to their complexity, nanomedicines are challenging and costly to produce using …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging nanoformulation strategies for phytocompounds and applications from drug delivery to phototherapy to imaging

HS Han, SY Koo, KY Choi - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Over thousands of years, natural bioactive compounds derived from plants (bioactive
phytocompounds, BPCs) have been used worldwide to address human health issues …

Niosomes for nose-to-brain delivery: a non-invasive versatile carrier system for drug delivery in neurodegenerative diseases

AR Al Jayoush, HAFM Hassan, H Asiri, M Jafar… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) significantly contribute to morbidity and mortality
worldwide. The suboptimal effect of currently used therapeutic approaches administered via …

Novel microfluidic swirl mixers for scalable formulation of curcumin loaded liposomes for cancer therapy

R Xu, MA Tomeh, S Ye, P Zhang, S Lv, R You… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Liposomes have been widely used in nanomedicine for the delivery of hydrophobic and
hydrophilic anticancer agents. The most common applications of these formulations are …

Curcumin and inflammatory bowel diseases: From in vitro studies to clinical trials

F Fallahi, S Borran, M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi… - Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) may result from mutations in genes encoding for innate
immunity, which can lead to exacerbated inflammatory response. Although some mono …

Formulation and evaluation of hybrid niosomal in situ gel for intravesical co-delivery of curcumin and gentamicin sulfate

V Gugleva, V Michailova, R Mihaylova, G Momekov… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The current study describes the elaboration of a hybrid drug delivery platform for an
intravesical application based on curcumin/gentamicin sulfate simultaneously loaded …