11/27/2018 / By Ellaine Castillo
Curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.), known for its various medicinal applications, which include diabetes treatment. To optimize the biological activities of curcumin, a group of researchers from Egypt and Saudi Arabia synthesized different heterocyclic compounds from it. In this study, which was published in the Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, the researchers observed that different curcumin derivatives have significant antidiabetic and antihistamine activities.
From this study, the researchers concluded that curcumin and its heterocyclic derivatives, namely pyrimidinone and pyranone, have potent anti-diabetic effects, as exhibited by the inhibition of alpha-amylase activity. Moreover, these derivatives also effectively inhibited the production of histamine. Overall, these results prove that curcumin has great potential as a remedy for not just diabetes but also for allergies.
Read the full text of the study at this link.
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Journal Reference:
Nabil S, El-Rahman SNA, Al-Jameel SS, Elsharif AM. CONVERSION OF CURCUMIN INTO HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS POTENT ANTI-DIABETIC AND ANTI-HISTAMINE AGENTS. Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 2018;41(7). DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00170
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