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SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Reactivity of Curcumin: Theoretical Insight from a Systematic Density Functional Theory-Based Review.

Marcin Molski

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Synthesis in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Curcumin Between Pleiotropic Potential and Translational Constraints.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Marcin MolskiDepartment of Quantum Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznań, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6217-0158

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of key findings derived from density functional theory (DFT) studies reveals that current theoretical data on curcumin remain incomplete, underscoring the need for further computational investigation to achieve a more thorough understanding of its chemical and biological reactivity. This study addresses these gaps through four primary objectives: (i) determination of a complete set of thermodynamic descriptors and elucidation of the multi-step anti-radical mechanisms of the neutral, radical, anionic, and radical-anionic forms of curcumin; (ii) calculation of global chemical reactivity descriptors of curcumin in various solvent environments; (iii) theoretical reproduction of experimentally determined p

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CurcuminDensity Functional TheoryModels, MolecularSolventsThermodynamicsCurcuminSolventscurcumin reactivityDFT calculationsdi-curcumin derivativedispersion effectketo–enol tautomerismradical scavengingthermodynamic descriptors

Identifiers

PMID41226414
PMCPMC12610026

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