AdipoGen Curcumin
Chemical. CAS 458-37-7. Formula C21H20O6. MW 368.38. Curcumin is the major yellow pigment in turmeric and curry and has antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, neuroprotective, cardioprotective, antidiabetic, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal, chemopreventive and antitumor activities. It interferes with multiple cell signaling pathways, including cell cycle cyclin D1 and cyclin E, apoptosis activation of caspases and down-regulation of anti-apoptotic gene products, proliferation HER-2, EGFR and AP-1, survival PI3K/AKT pathway, invasion MMP-9 and adhesion molecules, angiogenesis VEGF, metastasis CXCR-4, tumorigenesis and development Shh, Gli, metabolism PPARgamma, Nrf2, epigenetics HDACs, HATs, DNA methyltransferase I and microRNAs and inflammation NLRP3, TLR4, NF-kappaB, TNF, IL-6, IL-1, COX-2 and 5-LOX.