"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 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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Rapid measurements of curcumin from complex samples coupled with magnetic biocompatibility molecularly imprinted polymer using electrochemical detection. J Sep Sci. 2020 Mar; 43(6):1173-1182.
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The effect of combined photobiomodulation and curcumin on skin wound healing in type I diabetes in rats. J Photochem Photobiol B. 2018 Apr; 181:23-30.
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Cancer Chemoprevention Effects of Ginger and its Active Constituents: Potential for New Drug Discovery. Am J Chin Med. 2015; 43(7):1351-63.
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Development of highly stabilized curcumin nanoparticles by flash nanoprecipitation and lyophilization. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2015 Aug; 94:436-49.
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Assessment of the relative performance of a confined impinging jets mixer and a multi-inlet vortex mixer for curcumin nanoparticle production. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2014 Oct; 88(2):462-71.
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New therapy via targeting androgen receptor in monocytes/macrophages to battle atherosclerosis. Hypertension. 2014 Jun; 63(6):1345-53.
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Curcumin alleviates immune-complex-mediated glomerulonephritis in factor-H-deficient mice. Immunology. 2013 Jul; 139(3):328-37.
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Curcumin aggravates CNS pathology in experimental systemic lupus erythematosus. Brain Res. 2013 Apr 04; 1504:85-96.
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Curcumin protects against ischemia/reperfusion injury in rat skeletal muscle. J Surg Res. 2013 Jan; 179(1):49-51.
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Enhanced glutathione efflux from astrocytes in culture by low extracellular Ca2+ and curcumin. Neurochem Res. 2010 Aug; 35(8):1231-8.