 Curcumin
"Curcumin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A yellow-orange dye obtained from tumeric, the powdered root of CURCUMA longa. It is used in the preparation of curcuma paper and the detection of boron. Curcumin appears to possess a spectrum of pharmacological properties, due primarily to its inhibitory effects on metabolic enzymes.
| Descriptor ID |
D003474
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146.485.222.222 D02.455.426.559.389.657.166.200 D02.455.426.559.694.222
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| Concept/Terms |
Curcumin- Curcumin
- Turmeric Yellow
- Yellow, Turmeric
- Diferuloylmethane
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| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Curcumin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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He Y, Li W, Zhang J, Yang Y, Qian Y, Zhou D. The Curcumin Analog EF24 is Highly Active Against Chemotherapy- Resistant Melanoma Cells. Curr Cancer Drug Targets. 2021; 21(7):608-618.
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Pathak R, Shah SK, Hauer-Jensen M. Therapeutic potential of natural plant products and their metabolites in preventing radiation enteropathy resulting from abdominal or pelvic irradiation. Int J Radiat Biol. 2019 04; 95(4):493-505.
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Khan MA, Zafaryab M, Mehdi SH, Ahmad I, Rizvi MMA. Physicochemical Characterization of Curcumin Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles: Implications in Cervical Cancer. Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2018; 18(8):1131-1137.
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Patil VS, Gutierrez AM, Sunkara M, Morris AJ, Hilt JZ, Kalika DS, Dziubla TD. Curcumin Acrylation for Biological and Environmental Applications. J Nat Prod. 2017 07 28; 80(7):1964-1971.
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Khan MA, Zafaryab M, Mehdi SH, Ahmad I, Rizvi MM. Characterization and anti-proliferative activity of curcumin loaded chitosan nanoparticles in cervical cancer. Int J Biol Macromol. 2016 Dec; 93(Pt A):242-253.
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Moreno FS, Heidor R, Pogribny IP. Nutritional Epigenetics and the Prevention of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Bioactive Food Constituents. Nutr Cancer. 2016 07; 68(5):719-33.
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Saunders JC, Young LM, Mahood RA, Jackson MP, Revill CH, Foster RJ, Smith DA, Ashcroft AE, Brockwell DJ, Radford SE. An in vivo platform for identifying inhibitors of protein aggregation. Nat Chem Biol. 2016 Feb; 12(2):94-101.
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