Curcumin in Health and Disease

• Main Author: Bachmeier, Beatrice (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: Chemistry; minerals; cancer treatment; chitosan; n/a; neurodegeneration; antioxidant activity; senescence; tumor proliferation; nanoparticles; antimicrobial agents; oxidative metabolites; drug discovery; Akt/mTOR signaling; micronutrients; ulcerative colitis; transmission electron microscopy; metabolic reprogramming; curcumin; death receptor; chaperone-mediated autophagy; wound healing; brain ischemia; autophagy; Alzheimer's disease; genes; transthyretin; inflammatory bowel disease; cellular pathway; centrifugal partition chromatography; nutrition; amyloid; Curcuma longa; protein aggregation; supportive care; IL-17; senolytics; complementary medicine; macronutrients; structure activity relationship; gastroprotection; Zingiberaceae; anti-inflamation; TLC bioautography; microbiota; glioblastoma multiforme; amyloidosis; SHMT2; antioxidants; silica; apoptosis; reflux esophagitis; gastric ulcer; TLC-MS; anti-cancer; anticancer; ImageJ; anti-tumor; delivery system; wound; Helicobacter pylori; direct protein binding; protein misfolding; tumor growth; diet; Crohn's disease; hydrostatic counter-current chromatography; ageing; renal cell cancer; gastric cancer; amino-acids; STAT3; mechanism of action; inflamm-aging; mitophagy; necrotizing enterocolitis; cell cycling; vitamins; turmeric tuber; cancer; tau protein
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The plant-derived polyphenol curcumin has been used in promoting health and combating disease for thousands of years. Its therapeutic effects have been successfully utilized in Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine in order to treat inflammatory diseases. Current results from modern biomolecula...