Nanocurcumin: A promising candidate for therapeutic applications

A Karthikeyan, N Senthil, T Min - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Curcuma longa is an important medicinal plant and a spice in Asia. Curcumin
(diferuloylmethane) is a hydrophobic bioactive ingredient found in a rhizome of the C. longa …

Metal–curcumin complexes in therapeutics: an approach to enhance pharmacological effects of curcumin

S Prasad, D DuBourdieu, A Srivastava… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Curcumin, an active component of the rhizome turmeric, has gained much attention as a
plant-based compound with pleiotropic pharmacological properties. It possesses anti …

Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using turmeric extracts and investigation of their antibacterial activities

FK Alsammarraie, W Wang, P Zhou, A Mustapha… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop an environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach to
synthesize green silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) from silver precursors. Green synthesis of …

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 …

Curcumin nanoformulations: Beneficial nanomedicine against cancer

S Maleki Dizaj, M Alipour… - Phytotherapy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin is a phytochemical achieved from the plant turmeric. It is extensively utilized for
the treatment of several types of diseases such as cancers. Nevertheless, its efficiency has …

Core–shell biopolymer nanoparticle delivery systems: Synthesis and characterization of curcumin fortified zein–pectin nanoparticles

K Hu, X Huang, Y Gao, X Huang, H Xiao… - Food chemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
Biopolymer core–shell nanoparticles were fabricated using a hydrophobic protein (zein) as
the core and a hydrophilic polysaccharide (pectin) as the shell. Particles were prepared by …

Metal complexes of curcumin–synthetic strategies, structures and medicinal applications

S Wanninger, V Lorenz, A Subhan… - Chemical Society …, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
This Tutorial Review presents an overview on the synthesis, characterization and
applications of metal complexes containing curcumin (= 1, 7-bis (4-hydroxy-3 …

Therapeutic applications of curcumin nanoformulations

MM Yallapu, PKB Nagesh, M Jaggi, SC Chauhan - The AAPS journal, 2015 - Springer
Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a bioactive and major phenolic component of turmeric
derived from the rhizomes of curcuma longa linn. For centuries, curcumin has exhibited …

Curcumin modified silver nanoparticles for highly efficient inhibition of respiratory syncytial virus infection

XX Yang, CM Li, CZ Huang - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Interactions between nanoparticles and viruses have attracted increasing attention due to
the antiviral activity of nanoparticles and the resulting possibility to be employed as …

Nanotechnology‐applied curcumin for different diseases therapy

N Ghalandarlaki, AM Alizadeh… - BioMed research …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Curcumin is a lipophilic molecule with an active ingredient in the herbal remedy and dietary
spice turmeric. It is used by different folks for treatment of many diseases. Recent studies …