Curcumin (1, 7-bis-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-hepta-1, 6-diene-3, 5-dione) is a natural
lipophilic polyphenol that exhibits significant pharmacological effects in vitro and in vivo …

Nowadays multi-drug resistant microorganisms is a serious public health problem
worldwide. To overcome it, new antimicrobial strategies have been developed. Among them …

Curcumin is the principal curcuminoid found in the rhizomes of turmeric. Due to its
therapeutic action against cancer, depression, diabetes, some bacteria, and oxidative stress …

Abstract Background Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are strongly associated with high
tumourigenicity, chemotherapy or radiotherapy resistance, and metastasis and recurrence …

Epidemiological and clinical studies support the association between nutrition and
development or progression of different malignancies such as colon, breast, and prostate …

Poor aqueous solubility of active compounds is a major issue in today's drug delivery. In this
study the smartFilm-technology was exploited to improve the dermal penetration efficacy of a …

The abnormal accumulation of amyloid β protein (Aβ) is one of the most important causes of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is usually a detecting biomarker. Curcumin and its derivatives …

Adulteration during processing of turmeric powder not only causes health risks for the
consumers but also affects its quality. There is a need for rapid and non-invasive analysis of …

Curcumin is a turmeric, antioxidative compound, well-known of its anti-cancer properties.
Nowadays more and more effort is made in the field of enhancing the efficiency of the …

In this work, chitosan chains were crosslinked with different contents of vanillin (Van),
characterized and loaded with curcumin (CUR), a hydrophobic drug. Sodium dodecyl sulfate …