The chemistry of curcumin: from extraction to therapeutic agent

KI Priyadarsini - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
Curcumin, a pigment from turmeric, is one of the very few promising natural products that
has been extensively investigated by researchers from both the biological and chemical …

Hollow‐structured mesoporous materials: chemical synthesis, functionalization and applications

Y Li, J Shi - Advanced Materials, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hollow‐structured mesoporous materials (HMMs), as a kind of mesoporous material with
unique morphology, have been of great interest in the past decade because of the subtle …

Curcumin as a multifaceted compound against human papilloma virus infection and cervical cancers: A review of chemistry, cellular, molecular, and preclinical …

M Teymouri, M Pirro, TP Johnston, A Sahebkar - BioFactors, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin, the bioactive polyphenolic ingredient of turmeric, has been extensively studied for
its effects on human papilloma virus (HPV) infection as well as primary and malignant …

Exploring the use of nanocarrier systems to deliver the magical molecule; curcumin and its derivatives

M Mehanny, RM Hathout, AS Geneidi… - Journal of controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Curcumin and its derivatives; curcuminoids have been proven as potential remedies in
different diseases. However, their delivery carries several challenges owing to their poor …

Self-carried curcumin nanoparticles for in vitro and in vivo cancer therapy with real-time monitoring of drug release

J Zhang, S Li, FF An, J Liu, S Jin, JC Zhang, PC Wang… - Nanoscale, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of different nanocarriers for delivering hydrophobic pharmaceutical agents to tumor
sites has garnered major attention. Despite the merits of these nanocarriers, further studies …

Rational design of multifunctional dendritic mesoporous silica nanoparticles to load curcumin and enhance efficacy for breast cancer therapy

J Wang, Y Wang, Q Liu, L Yang, R Zhu… - … applied materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Breast cancer is the primary reason for cancer-related death in women worldwide and the
development of new formulations to treat breast cancer patients is crucial. Curcumin (Cur), a …

A soft–hard template approach towards hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticles with rough surfaces for controlled drug delivery and protein adsorption

H Zhang, H Xu, M Wu, Y Zhong, D Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, a novel type of hollow mesoporous silica nanoparticle (HMSN) with a rough
surface has been successfully prepared via a facile soft–hard template route by using a …

Effect of surface functionality of silica nanoparticles on cellular uptake and cytotoxicity

S Jambhrunkar, Z Qu, A Popat, J Yang… - Molecular …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MCM-41) with different surface chemistry were used as
carrier system to study its influence on drug delivery and anticancer activity of curcumin …

Curcumin-loaded amine-functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles inhibit α-synuclein fibrillation and reduce its cytotoxicity-associated effects

N Taebnia, D Morshedi, S Yaghmaei, F Aliakbari… - Langmuir, 2016 - ACS Publications
This study aimed to develop a drug carrier based on amine-functionalized mesoporous
silica nanoparticles (AAS–MSNPs) for a poorly water-soluble drug, curcumin (CUR), and to …

Mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance the cytotoxicity of curcumin

S Jambhrunkar, S Karmakar, A Popat, M Yu, C Yu - Rsc Advances, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous silica nanoparticles enhance the cytotoxicity of curcumin - RSC Advances (RSC
Publishing) DOI:10.1039/C3RA44257H Royal Society of Chemistry View PDF VersionPrevious …