[HTML][HTML] Photophysics, photochemistry and photobiology of curcumin: Studies from organic solutions, bio-mimetics and living cells

KI Priyadarsini - Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology C …, 2009 - Elsevier
Curcumin, with its recent success as an anti-tumor agent, has been attracting researchers
from wide ranging fields of physics, chemistry, biology and medicine. The chemical structure …

Chemical and structural features influencing the biological activity of curcumin

K Indira Priyadarsini - Current pharmaceutical design, 2013 - ingentaconnect.com
Curcumin, a polyphenolic natural product, exhibits therapeutic activity against a number of
diseases, attributed mainly to its chemical structure and unique physical, chemical, and …

Quantitative cellular uptake, localization and cytotoxicity of curcumin in normal and tumor cells

A Kunwar, A Barik, B Mishra, K Rathinasamy… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2008 - Elsevier
Using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopic methods, quantitative cellular uptake of
curcumin, an antioxidant and anti-tumor agent from Curcuma longa, was calculated in two …

Enhanced in vitro anti-cancer activity of curcumin encapsulated in hydrophobically modified starch

H Yu, Q Huang - Food Chemistry, 2010 - Elsevier
Curcumin is a natural polyphenolic compound with anti-oxidation, anti-inflammation, and
anti-cancer properties. However, these benefits of curcumin suffer from its extremely low …

Synthesis of a novel hydrazone derivative and biophysical studies of its interactions with bovine serum albumin by spectroscopic, electrochemical, and molecular …

FF Tian, FL Jiang, XL Han, C Xiang… - The Journal of …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Hydrazone derivatives possess potential antitumor activities based on modulation of the iron
metabolism in cancer cell. A novel hydrazone, N′-(2, 4-dimethoxybenzylidene)-2 …

Ovalbumin as a carrier to significantly enhance the aqueous solubility and photostability of curcumin: Interaction and binding mechanism study

Y Liu, Y Cai, D Ying, Y Fu, Y Xiong, X Le - International journal of biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Egg ovalbumin (OVA) as a macromolecular carrier has the potential to improve the solubility
and stability of insolubility bioactive molecules, however, their binding behavior and the …

Synchronous fluorescence spectroscopic study of solvatochromic curcumin dye

D Patra, C Barakat - Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Curcumin, the main yellow bioactive component of turmeric, has recently acquired attention
by chemists due its wide range of potential biological applications as an antioxidant, an anti …

Nanocomplexation of proteins with curcumin: From interaction to nanoencapsulation (A review)

CH Tang - Food Hydrocolloids, 2020 - Elsevier
The high incidence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and
cancer has become one of the most challenging issues to deal with for modern society. To …

Effective stabilization of curcumin by association to plasma proteins: human serum albumin and fibrinogen

MHM Leung, TW Kee - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
The use of curcumin as an effective wound healing agent is of significant interest currently. It
is well established that curcumin undergoes rapid degradation in physiological buffer by …

An updated and comprehensive review on the potential health effects of curcumin-encapsulated micro/nanoparticles

AK Rashwan, N Karim, Y Xu, NAN Hanafy… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Curcumin (CUR) is a natural hydrophobic compound, which is available in turmeric rhizome.
It has several bioactivities including antioxidant, anti-obesity, anti-diabetic, cardioprotective …