Perspectives for synthetic curcumins in chemoprevention and treatment of cancer: an update with promising analogues
| Autor: | Adeoluwa Ayodeji Adeluola, Abu Hasanat Md. Zulfiker, Daniel A. Brazeau, A.R.M. Ruhul Amin |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Curcumin Article 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Structure-Activity Relationship 0302 clinical medicine Cell Line Tumor Neoplasms Medicine Animals Humans Curcuma Pharmacology biology Traditional medicine Molecular Structure business.industry Cancer Antimicrobial biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays Bioavailability Dietary ingredient 030104 developmental biology chemistry Molecular targets business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Eur J Pharmacol |
| Popis: | Curcumin, a pure compound extracted from the flowering plant, turmeric (Curcuma longa. Zingiberaceae), is a common dietary ingredient found in curry powder. It has been studied extensively for its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial and anti-tumour activities. Evidence is accumulating demonstrating its potential in chemoprevention and as an anti-tumour agent for the treatment of cancer. Despite demonstrated safety and tolerability, the clinical application of curcumin is frustrated by its poor solubility, metabolic instability and low oral bioavailability. Consequently researchers have tried novel techniques of formulation and delivery as well as synthesis of analogues with enhanced properties to overcome these barriers. This review presents the synthetic analogues of curcumin that have proven their anticancer potential from different studies. It also highlights studies that combined these analogues with approved chemotherapies and delivered them via novel techniques. Currently, there are no reports of clinical studies on any of the synthetic congeners of curcumin and this presents an opportunity for future research. This review presents the synthetic analogues of curcumin and makes a compelling argument for their potential application in the management of cancerous disease. |
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