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] Turmeric and its major compound curcumin on health: bioactive effects and safety profiles for food, pharmaceutical, biotechnological and medicinal …

J Sharifi-Rad, YE Rayess, AA Rizk, C Sadaka… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Curcumin, a yellow polyphenolic pigment from the Curcuma longa L.(turmeric) rhizome, has
been used for centuries for culinary and food coloring purposes, and as an ingredient for …

Status and challenges of plant-anticancer compounds in cancer treatment

P Garcia-Oliveira, P Otero, AG Pereira, F Chamorro… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in the world, which has been estimated
to cause 9.9 million deaths in 2020. Conventional treatments for cancer commonly involve …

Bioactivity, health benefits, and related molecular mechanisms of curcumin: Current progress, challenges, and perspectives

XY Xu, X Meng, S Li, RY Gan, Y Li, HB Li - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Curcumin is a principal curcuminoid of turmeric (Curcuma longa), which is commonly used
as a spice in cooking and a yellow pigment in the food processing industry. Recent studies …

Mechanisms of apoptosis modulation by curcumin: Implications for cancer therapy

K Mortezaee, E Salehi… - Journal of cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer incidences are growing and cause millions of deaths worldwide. Cancer therapy is
one of the most important challenges in medicine. Improving therapeutic outcomes from …

Curcumin-based nanoformulations: A promising adjuvant towards cancer treatment

S Hafez Ghoran, A Calcaterra, M Abbasi, F Taktaz… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Throughout the United States, cancer remains the second leading cause of death.
Traditional treatments induce significant medical toxic effects and unpleasant adverse …

Drug delivery of natural products through nanocarriers for effective breast cancer therapy: A comprehensive review of literature

KM Yap, M Sekar, S Fuloria, YS Wu… - International Journal …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Despite recent advances in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer (BC), it remains a
global health issue affecting millions of women annually. Poor prognosis in BC patients is …

Targeting cancer stem cells and signaling pathways by phytochemicals: Novel approach for breast cancer therapy

PR Dandawate, D Subramaniam, RA Jensen… - Seminars in cancer …, 2016 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer diagnosed in women worldwide and the
second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the USA. Despite the development of …

Curcumin delivery and co-delivery based on nanomaterials as an effective approach for cancer therapy

M Pourmadadi, P Abbasi, MM Eshaghi… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Throughout the world, cancer is one of the main causes of mortality, threatening the public
health in many countries. As a result, cancer therapy researchers are paying increasing …

Molecular targets of natural compounds with anti-cancer properties

M Kubczak, A Szustka, M Rogalińska - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in humans. Despite rapid developments in
diagnostic methods and therapies, metastasis and resistance to administrated drugs are the …