Polymeric nanoparticle-encapsulated curcumin ("nanocurcumin"): a novel strategy for human cancer therapy
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...This problem has been resolved by encapsulating curcumin in a polymeric nanoparticle, creating “nanocurcumin” (Bisht et al., 2007)....
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...[164] Bisht S, Feldmann G, Soni S, Ravi R, Karikar C, Maitra A....
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...Meanwhile, other attempts to increase the bioavailability of curcumin have been made, including the use of liposomal curcumin [143], nanoparticles of curcumin [164], and synthetic analogues of curcumin [165]....
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...A recent study using a polymer-based nanoparticle of curcumin found that its molecular activity was similar to free curcumin in a pancreatic cell line (Bisht et al., 2007)....
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...Conclusion In the course of the past decade, the field of drug delivery has been revolutionized with the advent of nanotechnology, wherein biocompatible nanoparticles have been developed as inert systemic carriers for therapeutic compounds to target cells and tissues [33-38]....
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...Peer reviewed publications numbering in the 100 s have reiterated the potency of curcumin against a plethora of human cancer lines in the laboratory (selected reviews include [1,4-6,40,41])....
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...A plethora of experimental data has unequivocally established that free curcumin induces cell cycle arrest and/or apoptosis in human cancer cell lines derived from a variety of solid tumors including colorectal, lung, breast, pancreatic and prostate carcinoma, amongst others [4-12]....
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...Nanocurcumin opens up avenues for systemic therapy of human cancers, as well as other human maladies like Alzheimer disease [48-51] and cystic fibrosis [52-54], wherein the beneficial effects of curcumin have been propounded....
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...In another Phase I study, patients were required to partake 8000 mg of free curcumin orally per day, in order to achieve detectable systemic levels; beyond 8 grams, the bulky volume of the drug was unacceptable to patients [22]....
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...Conclusion In the course of the past decade, the field of drug delivery has been revolutionized with the advent of nanotechnology, wherein biocompatible nanoparticles have been developed as inert systemic carriers for therapeutic compounds to target cells and tissues [33-38]....
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