Chemical CURCUMIN

List of chemical activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)

Activity Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
Immunostimulant	40 mg/kg/5 wk orl rat	Duke, 1992 *
Lipase-Inducer	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	0.5% diet	Duke, 1992 *
Maltase-Promoter	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MDR-Inhibitor	1-55 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Metal-Chelator	not available	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	10 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Mucogenic	100 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroprotective	80 mg/kg igs rat	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Inhibitor	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NO-Scavenger	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	ED=~150 mg/kg	Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inhibitor	IC50=2-14 ug/ml	Duke, 1992 *
Pesticide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor	IC42=3 uM	Duke, 1992 *
Phototoxic	not available	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Plasmodicide	not available	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	0.2% diet rat	Rao, C. V., Rivenson, A., Simi, B., Reddy, B. S. 1995. Chemoprevention of Colon Carcinogenesis by Dietary Curcumin, a Naturally Occurring Plant Phenolic Compound. Cancer Research, 55(2): 259-266.