curcumin – TechConnect Briefs

Alginate/Montmorillonite nancomposites for the delivery of curcumin

Ramadan A.R., Ahmed M., The American University in Cairo, EG

Curcumin is a well-known traditional medicine with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Its pharmacological mechanism of action and safety have been studied to investigate its use in clinical and therapeutic applications. However, its low water solubility [...]

Synthesis of a pH Responsive Polymeric Drug Delivery – tailoring functionalization for effective delivery

Li X., Malardier-Jugroot C., Royal Military College of Canada, CA

Poly (styrene-alt-maleic anhydride), PSMA, is an amphiphilic alternating copolymer presenting a pH responsible self-assembly into nanotubes in aqueous solution. Its self-assembled structure with a 2nm hydrophobic inner diameter is stable in neutral pH solution, but [...]

PLGA and PLGA-PEG nanoparticles loaded with curcumin and their effect on aflatoxin B1 in vitro

Rivero-Gonzalez A., Ramirez-Noguera P., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, MX

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of nanoparticles prepared with polylactic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) and PLGA with polyethylene glycol (PLGA-PEG) loaded with curcumin in human hepatocytes exposed to aflatoxin B1 in vitro. [...]

Biocompatible Nanotubes as potential Nanocarriers for hydrophobic model food and drug bioactives

Sadeghi R., Kalbasi A., Moosavi-Movahedi A.A., Emam-Jomeh Z., Razavi S.H., Karimi M., Kokini J., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

Biocompatible nanotubes (NTs) have great potential applications especially in food and drug delivery. The NTs are very interesting because they have uniform wall thickness, two open ends, different interior and exterior layers, different size and [...]