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ReviewBioinorganic chemistry and applications2022

Curcumin Is an Iconic Ligand for Detecting Environmental Pollutants.

T Devasena, N Balasubramanian, Natarajan Muninathan, Kuppusamy Baskaran, Shani T John

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Review in Bioinorganic chemistry and applications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Bioimaging and Sensing Properties of Curcumin and Derivatives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

T DevasenaCentre for Nanoscience and Technology, Anna University, Chennai 608002, Tamil Nadu, India.
N BalasubramanianDepartment of Electrochemical Engineering Laboratory, Anna University, Chennai 608002, Tamil Nadu, India.
Natarajan MuninathanCentral Research Laboratory, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Kuppusamy BaskaranCentral Research Laboratory, Meenakshi Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shani T JohnDepartment of Biology, School of Natural Science, Madawalabu University, Post Box No. 247,Oromiya Region, Bale Robe, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-319X
Anna University, Chennai · INMeenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research · INMadda Walabu University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid increase in industrial revolution and the consequent environmental contamination demands continuous monitoring and sensitive detection of the pollutants. Nanomaterial-based sensing system has proved to be proficient in sensing environmental pollutants. The development of novel ligands for enhancing the sensing efficiency of nanomaterials has always been a challenge. However, the amendment of nanostructure with molecular ligand increases the sensitivity, selectivity, and analytical performance of the resulting novel sensing platform. Organic ligands are capable of increasing the adsorption efficacy, optical properties, and electrochemical properties of nanomaterials by reducing or splitting of band gap. Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is a natural organic ligand that exhibits inherent fluorescence and electrocatalytic property. Due to keto-enol tautomerism, it is capable of giving sensitive signals such as fluorescence, luminescence, ultraviolet absorption shifts, and electrochemical data. Curcumin probes were also reported to give enhanced meterological performances, such as low detection limit, repeatability, reproducibility, high selectivity, and high storage stability when used with nanosystem. Therefore, research on curcumin-modified nanomaterials in the detection of environmental pollution needs a special focus for prototype and product development to enable practical use. Hence, this article reviews the role of curcumin as a natural fluorophore in optical and electrochemical sensing of environmentally significant pollutants. This review clearly shows that curcumin is an ideal candidate for developing and validating nanomaterials-based sensors for the detection of environmental pollutants such as arsenic, lead, mercury, boron, cyanide, fluoride, nitrophenol, trinitrotoluene, and picric acid and toxic gases such as ammonia and hydrogen chloride. This review will afford references for future studies and enable researchers to translate the lab concepts into industrial products.

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