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ReviewBiomolecules2019

Non-Curcuminoids from Turmeric and Their Potential in Cancer Therapy and Anticancer Drug Delivery Formulations.

Akhila Nair, Augustine Amalraj, Joby Jacob, Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara, Sreeraj Gopi

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Review in Biomolecules, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Turmeric (Pharmaceutical biology · 2026
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  12. Pharmacological Activities of Turmerones.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025
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  17. Cadmium as a male reproductive toxicant and natural and non-natural ways to tackle it: a review.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024
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  19. Exploring the nexus of nuclear receptors in hematological malignancies.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Akhila NairR&D Centre, Aurea Biolabs (P) Ltd., Kolenchery, Cochin, Kerala 682311, India. rd@plantlipids.com.
Augustine AmalrajR&D Centre, Aurea Biolabs (P) Ltd., Kolenchery, Cochin, Kerala 682311, India. amalraj.a@plantlipids.com.
Joby JacobR&D Centre, Aurea Biolabs (P) Ltd., Kolenchery, Cochin, Kerala 682311, India. joby.jacob@plantlipids.com.
Ajaikumar B KunnumakkaraDepartment of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati 781 039, India. kunnumakkara@iitg.ernet.in.
Sreeraj GopiR&D Centre, Aurea Biolabs (P) Ltd., Kolenchery, Cochin, Kerala 682311, India. sreeraj.gopi@plantlipids.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past decades curcuminoids have been extensively studied for their biological activities such as antiulcer, antifibrotic, antiviral, antibacterial, antiprotozoal, antimutagenic, antifertility, antidiabetic, anticoagulant, antivenom, antioxidant, antihypotensive, antihypocholesteremic, and anticancer activities. With the perception of limited toxicity and cost, these compounds forms an integral part of cancer research and is well established as a potential anticancer agent. However, only few studies have focused on the other bioactive molecules of turmeric, known as non-curcuminoids, which are also equally potent as curcuminoids. This review aims to explore the comprehensive potency including the identification, physicochemical properties, and anticancer mechanism inclusive of molecular docking studies of non-curcuminoids such as turmerones, elemene, furanodiene (FN), bisacurone, germacrone, calebin A (CA), curdione, and cyclocurcumin. An insight into the clinical studies of these curcumin-free compounds are also discussed which provides ample evidence that favors the therapeutic potential of these compounds. Like curcuminoids, limited solubility and bioavailability are the most fragile domain, which circumscribe further applications of these compounds. Thus, this review credits the encapsulation of non-curcuminoid components in diverse drug delivery systems such as co-crystals, solid lipid nanoparticles, liposomes, microspheres, polar-non-polar sandwich (PNS) technology, which help abolish their shortcomings and flaunt their ostentatious benefits as anticancer activities.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCurcumaDrug CarriersFuransHeterocyclic Compounds, 2-RingMicrospheresNanoparticlesNeoplasmsSesquiterpenesAntineoplastic AgentscurcumolDrug CarrierselemenefuranodieneFuransHeterocyclic Compounds, 2-RingSesquiterpenesanticancer activitybioactive moleculescurcuminoidsnon-curcuminoidsTurmeric

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PMID30609771
PMCPMC6358877

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