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The molecular targets and therapeutic uses of curcumin in health and disease / editors, Bharat B. Aggarwal, Young-Joon Surh, Shishir Shishodia.
Holman Biotech Commons R850.A1 A39 v.595 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 595.
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 595
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Turmeric--Therapeutic use.
- Turmeric.
- Curcuma--physiology.
- Curcumin--pharmacokinetics.
- Phytotherapy.
- Medical Subjects:
- Curcuma--physiology.
- Curcumin--pharmacokinetics.
- Phytotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, 2007.
- Summary:
- Curcumin is derived from the root of the plant Curcuma longa (also called turmeric) and its medicinal uses have been described for over 5000 years. More than 1500 papers published within last half a century has revealed that curcumin has a potential in the treatment of wide variety of inflammatory diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, arthritis, Alzheimer, psoriasis etc, through modulation of numerous molecular targets. This is the first monograph to deal specifically with this subject.
- Contents:
- Curcumin: The Indian Solid Gold / Bharat B. Aggarwal, Chitra Sundaram, Nikita Malani, Haruyo Ichikawa 1
- Highly Active Anticancer Curcumin Analogues / Cara A. Mosley, Dennis C. Liotta, James P. Snyder 77
- Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Curcumin / Venugopal P. Menon, Adluri Ram Sudheer 105
- Modulation of Transcription Factors by Curcumin / Shishir Shishodia, Tulika Singh, Madan M. Chaturvedi 127
- Cancer Chemopreventive Effects of Curcumin / Young-Joon Surh, Kyung-Soo Chun 149
- Antitumor, Anti-Invasion, and Antimetastatic Effects of Curcumin / Girija Kuttan, Kuzhuvelil B. Hari Kumar, Chandrasekharan Guruvayoorappan, Ramadasan Kuttan 173
- Curcumin as an Inhibitor of Angiogenesis / Sulochana S. Bhandarkar, Jack L. Arbiser 185
- Neuroprotective Effects of Curcumin / Greg M. Cole, Bruce Teter, Sally A. Frautschy 197
- Regulation of Cox and Lox by Curcumin / Chinthalapally V. Rao 213
- Molecular Targets of Curcumin / Jen-Kun Lin 227
- Cell Growth Regulation / Devarajan Karunagaran, Jeena Joseph, Thankayyan R. Santhosh Kumar 245
- Curcumin as Chemosensitizer / Pornngarm Limtrakul 269
- Radioprotection and Radiosensitization by Curcumin / Ganesh C. Jagetia 301
- Immunomodulation by Curcumin / Subhash C. Gautam, Xiaohua Gao, Scott Dulchavsky 321
- Beneficial Role of Curcumin in Skin Diseases / Rajesh L. Thangapazham, Anuj Sharma, Radha K. Maheshwari 343
- Cardioprotective Effects of Curcumin / Sumitra Miriyala, Manikandan Panchatcharam, Puvanakrishnan Rengarajulu 359
- Protection from Acute and Chronic Lung Diseases by Curcumin / Narayanan Venkatesan, Durairaj Punithavathi, Mary Babu 379
- Nephroprotective and Hepatoprotective Effects of Curcuminoids / Toshihiko Osawa 407
- Curcumin and Autoimmune Disease / John J. Bright 425
- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Curcumin / Ricky A. Sharma, William P. Steward, Andreas J. Gescher 453
- Clinical Studies with Curcumin / Chih-Hung Hsu, Ann-Lii Cheng 471.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780387464008
- 038746400X
- OCLC:
- 76935742
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