The multifaceted role of curcumin in cancer prevention and treatment

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 2728-2769

  Shanmugam, Muthu K ^a   Rane, Grishma ^a,b   Kanchi, Madhu Mathi ^b   Arfuso, Frank ^c   Chinnathambi, Arunachalam ^d   Zayed, M E ^d   Alharbi, Sulaiman Ali ^d   Tan, Benny K H ^a   Kumar, Alan Prem ^a,b,c,e   Sethi, Gautam ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Curcumin; Inflammation; NF B

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CURCUMIN;

ANIMAL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; CURCUMIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84928962846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20022728     Document Type: Review

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