Pharmacological properties and underlying mechanisms of curcumin and prospects in medicinal potential
Curcumin, isolated from Curcuma longa L., is a fat-soluble natural compound that can be obtained from ginger plant tuber roots, which accumulative evidences have demonstrated that it can resist viral and microbial infection and has anti-tumor, reduction of blood lipid and blood glucose, antioxidant...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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| Series: | Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0753332221006703 |