首页> 中文期刊> 《世界胃肠病学杂志:英文版》 >Therapeutic potential of curcumin in digestive diseases

Therapeutic potential of curcumin in digestive diseases

         

摘要

Curcumin is a low-molecular-weight hydrophobic polyphenol that is extracted from turmeric,which possesses a wide range of biological properties including anti-inflammatory,anti-oxidant,anti-proliferative and anti-microbial activities.Despite its diverse targets and substantial safety,clinical applications of this molecule for digestive disorders have been largely limited to case series or small clinical trials.The poor bioavailability of curcumin is likely the major hurdle for its more widespread use in humans.However,complexation of curcumin into phytosomes has recently helped to bypass this problem,as it has been demonstrated that this new lecithin formulation enables increased absorption to a level 29-fold higher than that of traditional curcuminoid products.This allows us to achieve much greater tissue substance delivery using significantly lower doses of curcumin than have been used in past clinical studies.As curcumin has already been shown to provide good therapeutic results in some small studies of both inflammatory and neoplastic bowel disorders,it is reasonable to anticipate an even greater efficacy with the advent of this new technology,which remarkably improves its bioavailability.These features are very promising and may represent a novel and effective therapeutic approach to both functional and organic digestive diseases.

著录项

相似文献

  • 中文文献
  • 外文文献
  • 专利
获取原文

客服邮箱:kefu@zhangqiaokeyan.com

京公网安备:11010802029741号 ICP备案号:京ICP备15016152号-6 六维联合信息科技 (北京) 有限公司©版权所有
  • 客服微信

  • 服务号