"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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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Curcumin" by people in Profiles.
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Carrier-Free Nanoassembly of Curcumin-Erlotinib Conjugate for Cancer Targeted Therapy. Adv Healthc Mater. 2020 10; 9(19):e2001128.
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Curcumin mediates polyamine metabolism and sensitizes gastrointestinal cancer cells to antitumor polyamine-targeted therapies. PLoS One. 2018; 13(8):e0202677.
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Natural products berberine and curcumin exhibited better ameliorative effects on rats with non-alcohol fatty liver disease than lovastatin. Biomed Pharmacother. 2018 Mar; 99:325-333.
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Stabilizing Off-pathway Oligomers by Polyphenol Nanoassemblies for IAPP Aggregation Inhibition. Sci Rep. 2016 Jan 14; 6:19463.
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Targets of vascular protection in acute ischemic stroke differ in type 2 diabetes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2013 Mar 15; 304(6):H806-15.
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Complementary therapies in cystic fibrosis: nutritional supplements and herbal products. J Pharm Pract. 2013 Feb; 26(1):14-7.
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Synergistic anti-cancer mechanisms of curcumin and paclitaxel for growth inhibition of human brain tumor stem cells and LN18 and U138MG cells. Neurochem Int. 2012 Dec; 61(7):1102-13.
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Prevention of iron- and copper-mediated DNA damage by catecholamine and amino acid neurotransmitters, L-DOPA, and curcumin: metal binding as a general antioxidant mechanism. Dalton Trans. 2012 Jun 07; 41(21):6458-67.
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Curcumin's effect on intestinal inflammation and tumorigenesis in the ApcMin/+ mouse. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2011 Feb; 31(2):219-26.
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IL-6 and high glucose synergistically upregulate MMP-1 expression by U937 mononuclear phagocytes via ERK1/2 and JNK pathways and c-Jun. J Cell Biochem. 2010 May; 110(1):248-59.