The natural product curcumin as an antibacterial agent: Current achievements and problems

C Dai, J Lin, H Li, Z Shen, Y Wang, T Velkov, J Shen - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The rapid spread of antibiotic resistance and lack of effective drugs for treating infections
caused by multi-drug resistant bacteria in animal and human medicine have forced us to find …

Curcumin nanoparticles as promising therapeutic agents for drug targets

H Chopra, PS Dey, D Das, T Bhattacharya, M Shah… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Curcuma longa is very well-known medicinal plant not only in the Asian hemisphere but also
known across the globe for its therapeutic and medicinal benefits. The active moiety of …

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 …

Antimicrobial activity of curcumin in nanoformulations: A comprehensive review

JK Trigo-Gutierrez, Y Vega-Chacón, AB Soares… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Curcumin (CUR) is a natural substance extracted from turmeric that has antimicrobial
properties. Due to its ability to absorb light in the blue spectrum, CUR is also used as a …

Critical review on nutritional, bioactive, and medicinal potential of spices and herbs and their application in food fortification and nanotechnology

D Mandal, T Sarkar, R Chakraborty - Applied Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Springer
Medicinal or herbal spices are grown in tropical moist evergreen forestland, surrounding
most of the tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Himalayas in India (Sikkim …

Nanofibrous asymmetric collagen/curcumin membrane containing aspirin-loaded PLGA nanoparticles for guided bone regeneration

MA Ghavimi, A Bani Shahabadi, S Jarolmasjed… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The goal of the current study was to develop an asymmetric guided bone regeneration
(GBR) membrane benefiting from curcumin and aspirin. The membrane was prepared using …

Polyphenol nanoformulations for cancer therapy: experimental evidence and clinical perspective

Y Davatgaran-Taghipour, S Masoomzadeh… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cancer is defined as the abnormal cell growth that can cause life-threatening malignancies
with high financial costs for patients as well as the health care system. Natural polyphenols …

Enhancing bioavailability and stability of curcumin using solid lipid nanoparticles (CLEN): A covenant for its effectiveness

T Gupta, J Singh, S Kaur, S Sandhu… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Curcumin, very rightly referred to as “a wonder drug” is proven to be efficacious in a variety
of inflammatory disorders including cancers. Antiaging, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant …

Anti‐microbial activity of curcumin nanoformulations: New trends and future perspectives

S Sharifi, N Fathi, MY Memar… - Phytotherapy …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin has been used in numerous anti‐microbial research because of its low side
effects and extensive traditional applications. Despite having a wide range of effects, the …

Fabrication and characterization of zein-alginate oligosaccharide complex nanoparticles as delivery vehicles of curcumin

F Jiang, L Yang, S Wang, X Ying, J Ling… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, zein was stabilized using alginate oligosaccharides (AOS) for the delivery of
curcumin (Cur) through antisolvent precipitation. Zein-AOS 2: 1 nanoparticles were uniform …