Curcumin

"Curcumin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A yellow-orange dye obtained from tumeric, the powdered root of CURCUMA longa. It is used in the preparation of curcuma paper and the detection of boron. Curcumin appears to possess a spectrum of pharmacological properties, due primarily to its inhibitory effects on metabolic enzymes.

Descriptor ID	D003474
MeSH Number(s)	D02.455.326.146.485.222.222 D02.455.426.559.389.657.166.200 D02.455.426.559.694.222
Concept/Terms	Curcumin Curcumin Turmeric Yellow Yellow, Turmeric Diferuloylmethane

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Hydrocarbons [D02.455]
Hydrocarbons, Acyclic [D02.455.326]
Alkanes [D02.455.326.146]
Heptanes [D02.455.326.146.485]
Diarylheptanoids [D02.455.326.146.485.222]
Curcumin [D02.455.326.146.485.222.222]
Hydrocarbons, Cyclic [D02.455.426]
Hydrocarbons, Aromatic [D02.455.426.559]
Benzene Derivatives [D02.455.426.559.389]
Phenols [D02.455.426.559.389.657]
Catechols [D02.455.426.559.389.657.166]
Curcumin [D02.455.426.559.389.657.166.200]
Diarylheptanoids [D02.455.426.559.694]
Curcumin [D02.455.426.559.694.222]

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Curcumin" by people in this website by year, and whether "Curcumin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 77 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2015

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	1	2
2003	1	1	2
2004	3	0	3
2005	6	0	6
2006	3	0	3
2007	4	0	4
2008	1	0	1
2010	7	0	7
2011	4	0	4
2012	5	0	5
2013	5	0	5
2014	3	0	3
2015	8	0	8
2016	4	0	4
2017	2	1	3
2018	3	0	3
2019	1	1	2
2020	3	1	4
2021	1	2	3
2023	2	0	2
2024	0	1	1
2026	1	1	2

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Tsai YT, Tseng YW, Chen YT, Wu SH, Chiu HW, Nguyen HT, Wu CH, Chuang AE, Chen WS, Chen CK. Near-infrared reinforced alginate-tyramine-curcumin gels for alleviation of osteoarthritis in an ACLT murine model. J Mater Chem B. 2026 May 20; 14(19):6089-6108.

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Tiwari R, Delossantos J, Ghali ENHK, Chavez LA, Chaudhari VS, Han S, Chauhan SC, Yallapu MM. Biodegradable PCL-PLGA Electrospun Nanofibers for Localized Cancer Therapy. ACS Appl Bio Mater. 2026 May 18; 9(10):4579-4593.

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Montalvan-Sanchez EE, Hernandez-Marrero J, Norwood DA, Gonz?lez-Pons M, Dominguez RL, Rodriguez LM, Richmond E, Limburg PJ, Cruz-Correa M, Morgan DR. Establishment of a Mesoamerican-Caribbean South-South Research Platform: Challenges in the Meriva (Curcuminoids) Gastric Cancer Chemoprevention Trial. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2024 Dec 03; 17(12):549-555.

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Banerjee S, Xu W, Doctor A, Driss A, Nezhat C, Sidell N, Taylor RN, Thompson WE, Chowdhury I. TNFa-Induced Altered miRNA Expression Links to NF-?B Signaling Pathway in Endometriosis. Inflammation. 2023 Dec; 46(6):2055-2070.

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Karthikeyan C, Jayaramudu T, N??ez D, Jara N, Opazo-Capurro A, Varaprasad K, Kim K, Yallapu MM, Sadiku R. Hybrid nanomaterial composed of chitosan, curcumin, ZnO and TiO2 for antibacterial therapies. Int J Biol Macromol. 2023 Jul 01; 242(Pt 2):124814.

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Baidoo JNE, Mukherjee S, Kashfi K, Banerjee P. A New Perspective on Cancer Therapy: Changing the Treaded Path? Int J Mol Sci. 2021 Sep 11; 22(18).

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Sampath C, Wilus D, Tabatabai M, Freeman ML, Gangula PR. Mechanistic role of antioxidants in rescuing delayed gastric emptying in high fat diet induced diabetic female mice. Biomed Pharmacother. 2021 May; 137:111370.

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Kepchia D, Currais A, Dargusch R, Finley K, Schubert D, Maher P. Geroprotective effects of Alzheimer's disease drug candidates. Aging (Albany NY). 2021 02 06; 13(3):3269-3289.

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Hao Q, Wang P, Dutta P, Chung S, Li Q, Wang K, Li J, Cao W, Deng W, Geng Q, Schrode K, Shaheen M, Wu K, Zhu D, Chen QH, Chen G, Elshimali Y, Vadgama J, Wu Y. Comp34 displays potent preclinical antitumor efficacy in triple-negative breast cancer via inhibition of NUDT3-AS4, a novel oncogenic long noncoding RNA. Cell Death Dis. 2020 12 11; 11(12):1052.

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Hosseini-Zare MS, Sarhadi M, Zarei M, Thilagavathi R, Selvam C. Synergistic effects of curcumin and its analogs with other bioactive compounds: A comprehensive review. Eur J Med Chem. 2021 Jan 15; 210:113072.

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