Open AccessCurcumin: A Systematic Review
Author(s) -
Rajesh Ghosh,
Ratul Bhowmik,
Ranajit Nath,
Ratna Roy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of pharmaceutical sciences review and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0976-044X
DOI - 10.47583/ijpsrr.2021.v70i02.016
Subject(s) - curcumin , curcuma , angiogenesis , zingiberaceae , polyphenol , traditional medicine , pharmacology , antifungal , rhizome , antioxidant , medicine , biology , biochemistry , cancer research , microbiology and biotechnology
Many pharmacologically active compounds can be found in medicinal plants. Phytochemicals are currently being studied by scientiststo treat a variety of human illnesses. Turmeric (Curcuma longa), a rhizomatous perennial plant in the Zingiberaceae family, is widelyused as a food ingredient and in traditional medicine to cure a variety of diseases. Anti-inflammatory, antifungal, anti-angiogenesis,virucidal, anti-mutagenic, and antioxidant activities are all present in it. Angiogenesis, or the formation of new blood vessels, is animportant homeostatic mechanism that controls vascular populations in response to physiological and pathological demands, suchas chronic inflammation and cancer. Curcumin, a natural polyphenol compound has an activity to inhibit angiogenesis by suppressingtumor neovasculature formation. This study aims to investigate the anti-angiogenesis effect of curcumin.