A composition comprising a water-soluble and stable complex formed by an alkyl ether derivative of gamma-cyclodextrin and curcumin and optionally comprising non-complexed cyclodextrin, the molar ratio of curcumin to cyclodextrin being between 1:1 and 1:6, and a method of manufacturing such a composition. The water-soluble and stable complex of curcumin is useful in therapy, e.g. for treatment of cancer, leukemia, myocardial infarction, stroke, sepsis, acute lung injury, acute liver failure, acute tubular necrosis, acute pancreatitis, radiation injury and other life-threatening conditions in a human or animal subject, as well as for preserving human or animal organs, tissues or cells at a hypothermic temperature.

Parkkinen; Jaakko

Novobion Oy

Soluble complexes of curcumin

Disclosed in the present invention is the composition for reducing local fat and body weight, and pharmaceuticals and use thereof. The composition contains resveratrol and curcumin extract at a weight ration from 1:30 to 10:1. The composition and pharmaceuticals thereof of the invention can inhibit the growth of fat cells, cause planned apoptosis of fat cells, achieve the effects of reducing fat cells, and reducing local fat deposition and body weight without causing inflammations or necrosis of surrounding cells or tissues and inflammations or pain reactions of surrounding tissues, thereby avoiding the problems of tissue damage and inflammatory pains caused by liposuction or low invasion fat-dissolving apparatus used in the prior art and the problems such as surrounding tissue inflammations and necrosis infections triggered by cell disruption and necrosis caused by components of a fat-dissolving injection, phosphatidylcholine or sodium deoxycholate.

curcumin/necrosis

Soluble complexes of curcumin

Plant extract composition for reducing topical fat and promoting weight loss as well as applications thereof

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