Therapeutic potential of phenolic compounds in medicinal plants—Natural health products for human health

W Sun, MH Shahrajabian - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phenolic compounds and flavonoids are potential substitutes for bioactive agents in
pharmaceutical and medicinal sections to promote human health and prevent and cure …

Curcumin, the active substance of turmeric: its effects on health and ways to improve its bioavailability

ME Abd El‐Hack, MT El‐Saadony… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) is a spice utilized widely in India, China, and Southeast Asia as
an aromatic stimulant, a food preservative, and coloring material. The commonly used …

[HTML][HTML] The role of curcumin in aging and senescence: Molecular mechanisms

A Zia, T Farkhondeh, AM Pourbagher-Shahri… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Healthy aging and human longevity are intricate phenotypes affected by environmental
factors such as physical exercise, diet, health habits, and psychosocial situations as well as …

Photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy

M Lan, S Zhao, W Liu, CS Lee… - Advanced healthcare …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
As an emerging clinical modality for cancer treatment, photodynamic therapy (PDT) takes
advantage of the cytotoxic activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are generated by …

Curcumin: biological, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and analytical aspects

RR Kotha, DL Luthria - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Turmeric is a curry spice that originated from India, which has attracted great interest in
recent decades because it contains bioactive curcuminoids (curcumin, demethoxycurcumin …

MYB transcription factors—master regulators of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis and diverse developmental and stress responses

DS Pratyusha, DVL Sarada - Plant Cell Reports, 2022 - Springer
Phenylpropanoids, the largest class of natural products including flavonoids, anthocyanins,
monolignols and tannins perform multiple functions ranging from photosynthesis, nutrient …

Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated antibacterial oxidative therapies: available methods to generate ROS and a novel option proposal

S Alfei, GC Schito, AM Schito, G Zuccari - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The increasing emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens causes difficult-to-treat
infections with long-term hospitalizations and a high incidence of death, thus representing a …

Ameliorative effect of curcumin and zinc oxide nanoparticles on multiple mechanisms in obese rats with induced type 2 diabetes

S Abdulmalek, A Eldala, D Awad, M Balbaa - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The present study was carried out to investigate the therapeutic effect of synthesized
naturally compounds, curcumin nanoparticles (CurNPs) and metal oxide, zinc oxide …

Highly bioavailable forms of curcumin and promising avenues for curcumin-based research and application: a review

SJ Stohs, O Chen, SD Ray, J Ji, LR Bucci, HG Preuss - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Curcumin exerts a wide range of beneficial physiological and pharmacological activities,
including antioxidant, anti-amyloid, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial, anti-neoplastic …

New advances in metabolic syndrome, from prevention to treatment: the role of diet and food

D Ambroselli, F Masciulli, E Romano, G Catanzaro… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The definition of metabolic syndrome (MetS) has undergone several changes over the years
due to the difficulty in establishing universal criteria for it. Underlying the disorders related to …