Curcumin as an antiviral agent

MR Jennings, RJ Parks - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Curcumin, the primary curcuminoid compound found in turmeric spice, has shown broad
activity as an antimicrobial agent, limiting the replication of many different fungi, bacteria and …

Intimate Relations: Molecular and Immunologic Interactions Between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and HIV-1

F Guvenc, R Kaul, SD Gray-Owen - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While the global incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) remains well above
UNAIDS targets, sexual transmission HIV is surprisingly inefficient. A variety of host, viral …

Curcumin can decrease tissue inflammation and the severity of HSV-2 infection in the female reproductive mucosa

D Vitali, P Bagri, JM Wessels, M Arora… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) is one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted
viruses and is a known risk factor for HIV acquisition in the Female Genital Tract (FGT) …