In November 2013 in Bansko, Bulgaria, over 230 scientists and exhibitors attended the
meeting Natural Products Utilization: from Plants to Pharmacy Shelf (ICNPU-2013; www …

Objective. To investigate the protective effect and mechanism of curcumin on intestinal
barrier function in rats with enterogenic sepsis. Methods. Rats were divided into Sham group …

A glycyrrhetinic acid-modified chitosan-cystamine-poly (ε-caprolactone) copolymer (PCL-SS-
CTS-GA) micelle was developed for the co-delivery of doxorubicin (DOX) and curcumin …

Curcumin is a perspective drug candidate with pleiotropic antineoplastic activity, whose
exceptionally low aqueous solubility and poor pharmacokinetic properties have hampered …

Severe toxicity and poor tumour penetration are two intrinsic limited factors to hinder the
broad clinical application for most of first-line chemotherapeutics. In this study, a novel …

Targeting tumor cell mitochondria is a prospective strategy for highly effective anticancer
therapy. Consequently, the development of potent systems for the targeted delivery of …

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare form of cancer with local as well as systemic
manifestations. Concomitant bacterial infections increase morbidity and mortality rates due …

Curcuminoids (CCMoids) are a group of small organic molecules that present two aromatic
rings linked by a seven-carbon conjugated chain together with a keto-enol moiety in the …

Two groups (21 in total) of 1, 5-diheteroarylpenta-1, 4-dien-3-ones, featuring a central
dienone linker and two terminal N-containing aromatic rings were synthesized, were …