Listar por tema "curcumin"

Curcumin derivatives as potential mosquito larvicidal agents against two mosquito vectors, culex pipiens and aedes albopictus

Matiadis D., Liggri P.G.V., Kritsi E., Tzioumaki N., Zoumpoulakis P., Papachristos D.P., Balatsos G., Sagnou M., Michaelakis A. (2021)

Vector-borne diseases have appeared or re-emerged in many Southern Europe countries making the transmission of infectious diseases by mosquitoes (vectors) one of the greatest worldwide health threats. Larvicides have been ...

Curcumin for the management of periodontitis and early ACPA-positive rheumatoid arthritis: Killing two birds with one stone

Asteriou E., Gkoutzourelas A., Mavropoulos A., Katsiari C., Sakkas L.I., Bogdanos D.P. (2018)

We propose curcumin as a preventive measure to avoid/manage periodontitis (PD), and as a natural immunosuppressant for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). PD, mainly caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis forming biofilm and leading ...

Curcumin mediates attenuation of pro-inflammatory interferon γ and interleukin 17 cytokine responses in psoriatic disease, strengthening its role as a dietary immunosuppressant

Skyvalidas D.Ν., Mavropoulos A., Tsiogkas S., Dardiotis E., Liaskos C., Mamuris Z., Roussaki-Schulze A., Sakkas L.I., Zafiriou E., Bogdanos D.P. (2020)

Curcumin exhibits anti-inflammatory properties and has been used for centuries in traditional medicine and as dietary supplement. Data from clinical trials has strengthened the notion that curcumin may exert an anti-inflammatory ...

Current evidence on the effect of dietary polyphenols intake on chronic diseases

Costa C., Tsatsakis A., Mamoulakis C., Teodoro M., Briguglio G., Caruso E., Tsoukalas D., Margina D., Dardiotis E., Kouretas D., Fenga C. (2017)

Polyphenols are secondary metabolites of plants. They comprise several antioxidant compounds and they are generally considered to be involved in the defense against human chronic diseases. During the last years, there has ...

Dietary antioxidant supplements and uric acid in chronic kidney disease: A review

Roumeliotis S., Roumeliotis A., Dounousi E., Eleftheriadis T., Liakopoulos V. (2019)

Increased serum levels of uric acid have been associated with the onset and development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), cardiovascular disease, and mortality, through several molecular pathogenetic mechanisms, such as ...

Dietary factors and supplements influencing prostate specific-antigen (PSA) concentrations in men with prostate cancer and increased cancer risk: An evidence analysis review based on randomized controlled trials

Grammatikopoulou M.G., Gkiouras K., Papageorgiou S.Τ., Myrogiannis I., Mykoniatis I., Papamitsou T., Bogdanos D.P., Goulis D.G. (2020)

The quest for dietary patterns and supplements efficient in down-regulating prostate-specific antigen (PSA) concentrations among men with prostate cancer (PCa) or increased PCa risk has been long. Several antioxidants, ...

An ethanol extract of Hawaiian turmeric: Extensive in vitro anticancer activity against human colon cancer cells

Dimas K., Tsimplouli C., Houchen C., Pantazis P., Sakellaridis N., Tsangaris G.T., Anastasiadou E., Ramanujam R.P. (2015)

Context Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a food spice and colorant reported to be beneficial for human health. Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the major ingredient in turmeric, and existing data suggest that the spice, in ...

The Impact of the Oil Phase Selection on Physicochemical Properties, Long-Term Stability, In Vitro Performance and Injectability of Curcumin-Loaded PEGylated Nanoemulsions

Đoković J.B., Demisli S., Savić S.M., Marković B.D., Cekić N.D., Randjelovic D.V., Mitrović J.R., Lunter D.J., Papadimitriou V., Xenakis A., Savić S.D. (2022)

A nanotechnology-based approach to drug delivery presents one of the biggest trends in biomedical science that can provide increased active concentration, bioavailability, and safety compared to conventional drug-delivery ...

Nanosystems for the encapsulation of natural products: The case of chitosan biopolymer as a matrix

Detsi A., Kavetsou E., Kostopoulou I., Pitterou I., Pontillo A.R.N., Tzani A., Christodoulou P., Siliachli A., Zoumpoulakis P. (2020)

Chitosan is a cationic natural polysaccharide, which has emerged as an increasingly interesting biomaterialover the past few years. It constitutes a novel perspective in drug delivery systems and nanocarriers’ formulations ...

Oral adjuvant curcumin therapy for attaining clinical remission in ulcerative colitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Grammatikopoulou M.G., Gkiouras K., Theodoridis X., Asteriou E., Forbes A., Bogdanos D.P. (2018)

Curcumin has demonstrated anti-inflammatory properties and has been investigated as an adjuvant therapy of ulcerative colitis (UC). The scope of this study was to systematically review and meta-analyze the efficacy of oral ...

Reconceptualization of hormetic responses in the frame of redox toxicology

Skaperda Z., Tekos F., Vardakas P., Nepka C., Kouretas D. (2022)

Cellular adaptive mechanisms emerging after exposure to low levels of toxic agents or stressful stimuli comprise an important biological feature that has gained considerable scientific interest. Investigations of low-dose ...

Regulation of aromatase expression by hormones, drugs pesticides and environmental pollutants in canine mammary CMT-U27 cells

Mavridis, S. K.; Pappas, I. S. (2010)

Aromatase, the enzyme that coverts testosterone to 17β-estradiol, has attracted attention lately because of its involvement in some forms of breast cancer in women. Studies are now undergoing on a variety of species to ...

Resveratrol, curcumin and gallic acid attenuate glyoxal-induced damage to rat renal cells

Hashemzaei M., Tabrizian K., Alizadeh Z., Pasandideh S., Rezaee R., Mamoulakis C., Tsatsakis A., Skaperda Z., Kouretas D., Shahraki J. (2020)

Glyoxal (GO), a by-product of glucose auto-oxidation, is involved in the glycation of proteins/ lipids and formation of advanced glycation (AGE) and lipoxidation (ALE) end products. AGE/ALE were shown to contribute to ...

The second greek–israeli symposium on autoimmunity and rheumatology: Success through synergy

Sakkas L.I., Bogdanos D.P., Boumpas D., Mamouris Z., Gkoutzourelas A., Mavropoulos A., Tsouris Z., Liossis S.-N., Daoussis D., Vasilopoulos D., Tektonidou M., Tzioufas A., Efthymiou G., Dardiotis E., Kitas G., Sharif K., Blank M., Karussis D., Rimar D., Slobodin G., Porat-Katz B.-S., Vadasz Z., Amital H., Toubi E., Shoenfeld Y. (2019)

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