Phototherapeutic anticancer strategies with first-row transition metal complexes: a critical review

L Gourdon, K Cariou, G Gasser - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) are therapeutic
techniques based on a photosensitizer (PS) and light. These techniques allow the spatial …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocurcumin: A promising candidate for therapeutic applications

A Karthikeyan, N Senthil, T Min - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Curcuma longa is an important medicinal plant and a spice in Asia. Curcumin
(diferuloylmethane) is a hydrophobic bioactive ingredient found in a rhizome of the C. longa …

Curcumin formulations for better bioavailability: what we learned from clinical trials thus far?

M Hegde, S Girisa, B BharathwajChetty, R Vishwa… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Curcumin has been credited with a wide spectrum of pharmacological properties for the
prevention and treatment of several chronic diseases such as arthritis, autoimmune …

Dietary curcumin: correlation between bioavailability and health potential

M Dei Cas, R Ghidoni - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
The yellow pigment curcumin, extracted from turmeric, is a renowned polyphenol with a
broad spectrum of health properties such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer …

Bioactivity of dietary polyphenols: The role of metabolites

SV Luca, I Macovei, A Bujor, A Miron… - Critical reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A polyphenol-rich diet protects against chronic pathologies by modulating numerous
physiological processes, such as cellular redox potential, enzymatic activity, cell proliferation …

Improving curcumin bioavailability: Current strategies and future perspectives

R Tabanelli, S Brogi, V Calderone - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Curcumin possesses a plethora of interesting pharmacological effects. Unfortunately, it is
also characterized by problematic drug delivery and scarce bioavailability, representing the …

Novel pH-sensitive films containing curcumin and anthocyanins to monitor fish freshness

H Chen, M Zhang, B Bhandari, C Yang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2020 - Elsevier
Visual pH-sensing films containing curcumin (CR) and anthocyanins (ATH) were prepared
as on-package indicator labels for nondestructively detecting fish freshness in real time …

Enhanced drug delivery by dissolution of amorphous drug encapsulated in a water unstable metal–organic framework (MOF)

K Suresh, AJ Matzger - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Encapsulating a drug molecule into a water‐reactive metal–organic framework (MOF) leads
to amorphous drug confined within the nanoscale pores. Rapid release of drug occurs upon …

[HTML][HTML] Curcumin as a photosensitizer: From molecular structure to recent advances in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

LD Dias, KC Blanco, IS Mfouo-Tynga, NM Inada… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays multi-drug resistant microorganisms is a serious public health problem
worldwide. To overcome it, new antimicrobial strategies have been developed. Among them …