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Koh YC, Hsu HW, Ho PY, Hsu KY, Lin WS, Nagabhushanam K, Ho CT, Pan MH. Structural Variances in Curcumin Degradants: Impact on Obesity in Mice. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024. [PMID: 38902910 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c03768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
Abstract
Some thermal degradants of curcuminoids have demonstrated moderate health benefits in previous studies. Feruloyl acetone (FER), recently identified as a thermal degradant of curcumin, has been previously associated with anticancer and antioxidative effects, yet its other capabilities remain unexplored. Moreover, earlier reports suggest that methoxy groups on the aromatic ring may influence the functionality of the curcuminoids. To address these gaps, an animal study was conducted to investigate the antiobesity effects of both FER and its demethoxy counterpart (DFER) on mice subjected to a high-fat diet. The results demonstrated the significant prevention of weight gain and enlargement of the liver and various adipose tissues by both samples. Furthermore, these supplements exhibited a lipid regulatory effect in the liver through the adiponectin/AMPK/SIRT1 pathway, promoted thermogenesis via AMPK/PGC-1α activation, and positively influenced gut-microbial-produced short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) levels. Notably, DFER demonstrated superior overall efficacy in combating obesity, while FER displayed a significant effect in modulating inflammatory responses. It is considered that SCFA may be responsible for the distinct effects of FER and DFER in the animal study. Future studies are anticipated to delve into the efficacy of curcuminoid degradants, encompassing toxicity and pharmacokinetic evaluations.
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- Yen-Chun Koh
- Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Food Science, National Quemoy University, 89250 Quemoy County, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick 08901, New Jersey, United States
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- Institute of Food Sciences and Technology, National Taiwan University, 10617 Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, China Medical University, 40402 Taichung City, Taiwan
- Department of Health and Nutrition Biotechnology, Asia University, 41354 Taichung City, Taiwan
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Li Y, Deng X, Tan X, Li Q, Yu Z, Wu W, Ma X, Zeng J, Wang X. Protective role of curcumin in disease progression from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease to hepatocellular carcinoma: a meta-analysis. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1343193. [PMID: 38313314 PMCID: PMC10834658 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1343193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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Background: Pathological progression from non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) to liver fibrosis (LF) to hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common dynamic state in many patients. Curcumin, a dietary supplement derived from the turmeric family, is expected to specifically inhibit the development of this progression. However, there is a lack of convincing evidence. Methods: The studies published until June 2023 were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and the Cochrane Library databases. The SYstematic Review Center for Laboratory animal Experimentation (SYRCLE) approach was used to evaluate the certainty of evidence. StataSE (version 15.1) and Origin 2021 software programs were used to analyze the critical indicators. Results: Fifty-two studies involving 792 animals were included, and three disease models were reported. Curcumin demonstrates a significant improvement in key indicators across the stages of NAFLD, liver fibrosis, and HCC. We conducted a detailed analysis of common inflammatory markers IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, which traverse the entire disease process. The research results reveal that curcumin effectively hinders disease progression at each stage by suppressing inflammation. Curcumin exerted hepatoprotective effects in the dose range from 100 to 400 mg/kg and treatment duration from 4 to 10 weeks. The mechanistic analysis reveals that curcumin primarily exerts its hepatoprotective effects by modulating multiple signaling pathways, including TLR4/NF-κB, Keap1/Nrf2, Bax/Bcl-2/Caspase 3, and TGF-β/Smad3. Conclusion: In summary, curcumin has shown promising therapeutic effects during the overall progression of NAFLD-LF-HCC. It inhibited the pathological progression by synergistic mechanisms related to multiple pathways, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and apoptosis regulation.
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- Yubing Li
- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Health Care Office of the Service Bureau of Agency for Offices Administration of the Central Military Commission, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, School of Pharmacy, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- TCM Regulating Metabolic Diseases Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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Khan S, Rai AK, Singh A, Singh S, Dubey BK, Lal RK, Negi AS, Birse N, Trivedi PK, Elliott CT, Ch R. Rapid metabolic fingerprinting with the aid of chemometric models to identify authenticity of natural medicines: Turmeric, Ocimum, and Withania somnifera study. J Pharm Anal 2023; 13:1041-1057. [PMID: 37842663 PMCID: PMC10568180 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2023.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Revised: 04/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023] Open
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Herbal medicines are popular natural medicines that have been used for decades. The use of alternative medicines continues to expand rapidly across the world. The World Health Organization suggests that quality assessment of natural medicines is essential for any therapeutic or health care applications, as their therapeutic potential varies between different geographic origins, plant species, and varieties. Classification of herbal medicines based on a limited number of secondary metabolites is not an ideal approach. Their quality should be considered based on a complete metabolic profile, as their pharmacological activity is not due to a few specific secondary metabolites but rather a larger group of bioactive compounds. A holistic and integrative approach using rapid and nondestructive analytical strategies for the screening of herbal medicines is required for robust characterization. In this study, a rapid and effective quality assessment system for geographical traceability, species, and variety-specific authenticity of the widely used natural medicines turmeric, Ocimum, and Withania somnifera was investigated using Fourier transform near-infrared (FT-NIR) spectroscopy-based metabolic fingerprinting. Four different geographical origins of turmeric, five different Ocimum species, and three different varieties of roots and leaves of Withania somnifera were studied with the aid of machine learning approaches. Extremely good discrimination (R2 > 0.98, Q2 > 0.97, and accuracy = 1.0) with sensitivity and specificity of 100% was achieved using this metabolic fingerprinting strategy. Our study demonstrated that FT-NIR-based rapid metabolic fingerprinting can be used as a robust analytical method to authenticate several important medicinal herbs.
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- Samreen Khan
- Metabolomics Lab, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- Metabolomics Lab, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- Department of Crop Production & Protection, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- Department of Crop Production & Protection, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
- Academy of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (ACSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- Genetics and Plant Breeding Department, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- Department of Phytochemistry, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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- Academy of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (ACSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Department of Biotechnology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
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- Metabolomics Lab, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
- Academy of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (ACSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
- Department of Phytochemistry, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, 226015, India
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University, Belfast, BT9 5DL, UK
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Alvarado-Noguez ML, Matías-Reyes AE, Pérez-González M, Tomás SA, Hernández-Aguilar C, Domínguez-Pacheco FA, Arenas-Alatorre JA, Cruz-Orea A, Carbajal-Tinoco MD, Galot-Linaldi J, Estrada-Muñiz E, Vega-Loyo L, Santoyo-Salazar J. Processing and Physicochemical Properties of Magnetite Nanoparticles Coated with Curcuma longa L. Extract. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 16:3020. [PMID: 37109857 PMCID: PMC10142977 DOI: 10.3390/ma16083020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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In this work, Curcuma longa L. extract has been used in the synthesis and direct coating of magnetite (Fe3O4) nanoparticles ~12 nm, providing a surface layer of polyphenol groups (-OH and -COOH). This contributes to the development of nanocarriers and triggers different bio-applications. Curcuma longa L. is part of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae); the extracts of this plant contain a polyphenol structure compound, and it has an affinity to be linked to Fe ions. The nanoparticles' magnetization obtained corresponded to close hysteresis loop Ms = 8.81 emu/g, coercive field Hc = 26.67 Oe, and low remanence energy as iron oxide superparamagnetic nanoparticles (SPIONs). Furthermore, the synthesized nanoparticles (G-M@T) showed tunable single magnetic domain interactions with uniaxial anisotropy as addressable cores at 90-180°. Surface analysis revealed characteristic peaks of Fe 2p, O 1s, and C 1s. From the last one, it was possible to obtain the C-O, C=O, -OH bonds, achieving an acceptable connection with the HepG2 cell line. The G-M@T nanoparticles do not induce cell toxicity in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells or HepG2 cells in vitro, but they can increase the mitochondrial and lysosomal activity in HepG2 cells, probably related to an apoptotic cell death induction or to a stress response due to the high concentration of iron within the cell.
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- Margarita L. Alvarado-Noguez
- Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Área Académica de Matemáticas y Física, Instituto de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carretera Pachuca-Tulancingo Km. 4.5, Col. Carboneras, Mineral de la Reforma C.P. 42184, Hidalgo, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Programa en Ingeniería de Sistemas-SBAAM, SEPI-ESIME Zacatenco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Col. Lindavista, Ciudad de México 07738, Mexico
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- Programa en Ingeniería de Sistemas-SBAAM, SEPI-ESIME Zacatenco, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Col. Lindavista, Ciudad de México 07738, Mexico
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- Departamento de Materia Condensada, Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Toxicología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Toxicología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Toxicología, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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- Departamento de Física, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, A.P. 14-740, Ciudad de México 07360, Mexico
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Kim KW, Lee YS, Yoon D, Kim GS, Lee DY. The ethanolic extract of Curcuma longa grown in Korea exhibits anti-neuroinflammatory effects by activating of nuclear transcription factor erythroid-2-related factor 2/heme oxygenase-1 signaling pathway. BMC Complement Med Ther 2022; 22:343. [PMID: 36585647 PMCID: PMC9804997 DOI: 10.1186/s12906-022-03825-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Curcuma longa has been used as spices, food preservative, coloring material, and traditional medicine. This plant also has long been used for a variety of diseases including dyslipidemia, stomach disorders, arthritis, and hepatic diseases. The aim of the present investigation was to examine the anti-neuroinflammatory effects of the 50% ethanolic extract of C. longa in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced BV2 microglial cells. METHODS Griess reaction was employed to measure the production of nitric oxide (NO), and the levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin 1-beta (IL-1β), IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) were determined by using profit ELISA kits. Western blotting was used to determine the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs), heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). RESULTS Pre-treatment with CLE inhibited the overproduction and overexpression of pro-inflammatory mediators including NO, PGE2, iNOS, COX-2, and pro-inflammatory cytokines such as IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in LPS-induced BV2 cells. In addition, CLE suppressed the activation of the NF-κB and three MAPK signaling pathways. Treatment with CLE induced HO-1 protein expression by activating Nrf2 pathway, and inhibiting the HO-1 expression reversed the anti-inflammatory effect of CLE. CONCLUSION CLE showed anti-neuroinflammatory effects against LPS-induced microglial cells activation through the inhibition of production and expression of pro-inflammatory mediators by negative regulation of the NF-κB and MAPK signaling pathways. These anti-neuroinflammatory effects of CLE were mediated by HO-1/Nrf2 signaling pathway. Taken together, the present study suggests a potent effect of CLE to prevent neuroinflammatory diseases. It is necessary to perform additional efficacy evaluation through in vivo experiments.
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- Kwan-Woo Kim
- grid.420186.90000 0004 0636 2782Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, 27709 Eumseong, Republic of Korea
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- grid.420186.90000 0004 0636 2782Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, 27709 Eumseong, Republic of Korea
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- grid.420186.90000 0004 0636 2782Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, 27709 Eumseong, Republic of Korea
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- grid.420186.90000 0004 0636 2782Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, 27709 Eumseong, Republic of Korea
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- grid.420186.90000 0004 0636 2782Department of Herbal Crop Research, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Sciences, Rural Development Administration, 27709 Eumseong, Republic of Korea
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