Curcumin alleviates lumbar radiculopathy by reducing neuroinflammation, oxidative stress and nociceptive factors

Current non-surgical treatments for lumbar radiculopathy [e.g. epidural steroids and Tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) antagonists] are neither effective nor safe. As a non-toxic natural product, curcumin possesses an exceptional anti-inflammatory profile. We hypothesised that curcumin alleviates lum...

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Main Authors: L Xiao, M Ding, A Fernandez, P Zhao, L Jin, X Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2017-09-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
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Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol033/pdf/v033a21.pdf