FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates generally to the field of cancer therapeutics. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of curcumin or curcumin analogues to treat cancers, including pancreatic cancers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Curcumin (diferuloyl methane) is a natural
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of cancer therapeutics. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of curcumin or curcumin analogues to treat cancers, including pancreatic cancers.
STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field of cancer therapeutics. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of curcumin or curcumin analogues to treat cancers, including pancreatic cancers.
STATEMENT OF FEDERALLY FUNDED
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the abnormal cleavage of beta amyloid protein precursor from the intracellular membrane often produces a protein A.beta. 1-42 which is incompletely removed by normal clearance processes. It has been reported that soluble beta amyloid oligomers
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention pertains to treating and preventing cancers.
BACKGROUND ART
Pancreatic cancer is highly lethal. It has been estimated that 37,170 new cases and 33,370 deaths resulted from pancreatic cancer in the United States in 2007. Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst prognoses
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates generally to methods of treating aggressive cancers, such as hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer, by exposing the aggressive cancer cells to curcumin analogs.
2. Description of the Related Prior Art
Prostate
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to the medical field, more precisely the field of anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory treatment using new water soluble curcumin compositions.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Curcumin is the major curcuminoid of the Indian curry spice turmeric. Curcumin is
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Cancer is one of the scourges of human existence. Although chemotherapeutic agents that are effective in treating malignant tumors are known, such agents generally cause severe side effects.
For example, brain cancer is generally associated with a particularly grim
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to the field of new compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using these new compounds to provide treatment/prevention of obesity and/or cancers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The intake of calorie-rich fast food and sedentary
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to novel solid forms of curcumin, including curcumin polymorph and curcumin co-crystal forms, and more specifically to curcumin polymorph Form III, curcumin-2-aminobenzimidazole co-crystal, and curcumin-L-lysine co-crystal. Further, the
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention is generally in the field of methods of inhibiting angiogenesis, and more specifically is drawn to methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis.
Current treatments of cancer and related diseases have limited effectiveness and numerous serious
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a national phase application under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 371 of International Application No. PCT/IN2015/000296 filed 23 Jul. 2015, which claims priority to Indian Patent Application No. 2076/DEL/2014 filed 23 Jul. 2014. The entire contents of
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to water-soluble curcumin complexes. In particular, the invention concerns aqueous compositions containing water-soluble and stable curcumin complexes. The invention also concerns methods of solubilizing curcumin by
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates in general to the field of treatment of neoplastic and neurodegenerative diseases, and more particularly to the intravenous administration of formulations of synthesized curcumin (diferuloylmethane) and concomitantly a calcium channel blocker
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
This invention is generally in the field of curcumin-based drugs and methods of use thereof, particularly for treatment of inflammation.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Curcumin, a component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), is used as a remedy to treat a wide variety of ailments
The most complete medicinal herbs database backed by science
Works in 55 languages
Herbal cures backed by science
Herbs recognition by image
Interactive GPS map - tag herbs on location (coming soon)
Read scientific publications related to your search
Search medicinal herbs by their effects
Organize your interests and stay up do date with the news research, clinical trials and patents
Type a symptom or a disease and read about herbs that might help, type a herb and see diseases and symptoms it is used against. *All information is based on published scientific research