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 …

Pharmacological effects of cisplatin combination with natural products in cancer chemotherapy

S Dasari, S Njiki, A Mbemi, CG Yedjou… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cisplatin and other platinum-based drugs, such as carboplatin, ormaplatin, and oxaliplatin,
have been widely used to treat a multitude of human cancers. However, a considerable …

Impacts of turmeric and its principal bioactive curcumin on human health: Pharmaceutical, medicinal, and food applications: A comprehensive review

MT El-Saadony, T Yang, SA Korma, M Sitohy… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The yellow polyphenolic pigment known as curcumin, originating from the rhizome of the
turmeric plant Curcuma longa L., has been utilized for ages in ancient medicine, as well as …

Applications of metal-organic frameworks as drug delivery systems

B Maranescu, A Visa - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, metal organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown great prospective as new
drug delivery systems (DDSs) due to their unique properties: these materials exhibit …

Self-assembled peptide and protein nanostructures for anti-cancer therapy: Targeted delivery, stimuli-responsive devices and immunotherapy

M Delfi, R Sartorius, M Ashrafizadeh, E Sharifi, Y Zhang… - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Self-assembled peptides and proteins possess tremendous potential as targeted drug
delivery systems and key applications of these well-defined nanostructures reside in anti …

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 …

Biomedical applications and bioavailability of curcumin—An updated overview

SI Sohn, A Priya, B Balasubramaniam… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Curcumin, a yellow-colored molecule derived from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, has been
identified as the bioactive compound responsible for numerous pharmacological activities of …

New advances in metabolic syndrome, from prevention to treatment: the role of diet and food

D Ambroselli, F Masciulli, E Romano, G Catanzaro… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The definition of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has undergone several changes over the years
due to the difficulty in establishing universal criteria for it. Underlying the disorders related to …

Neuroprotective activities of curcumin in Parkinson's disease: a review of the literature

EE Nebrisi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a slowly progressive multisystem disorder affecting
dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), which is characterized …

Nano-drug delivery systems entrapping natural bioactive compounds for cancer: recent progress and future challenges

VP Chavda, AB Patel, KJ Mistry, SF Suthar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is a prominent cause of mortality globally, and it becomes fatal and incurable if it is
delayed in diagnosis. Chemotherapy is a type of treatment that is used to eliminate …