Polymeric nanoparticle-encapsulated curcumin ("nanocurcumin"): a novel strategy for human cancer therapy

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Authors

Savita Bisht · Cancer Research Center

Georg Feldmann · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Sheetal Soni · University of Delhi

Rajani Ravi · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Collins Karikar · Cancer Research Center

Amarnath Maitra · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Anirban Maitra ·

Abstract

Nanocurcumin provides an opportunity to expand the clinical repertoire of this efficacious agent by enabling ready aqueous dispersion. Future studies utilizing nanocurcumin are warranted in pre-clinical in vivo models of cancer and other diseases that might benefit from the effects of curcumin.

Topics & Keywords

Curcumin's Biomedical Applications RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Nanobiotechnology

Volume 5, Issue 1, pp. 3-3

DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-5-3

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