title: Curcumin, inflammation, and chronic diseases: how are they linked?
abstract: It is extensively verified that continued oxidative stress and oxidative damage may lead to chronic inflammation, which in turn can mediate most chronic diseases including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurological, inflammatory bowel disease and pulmonary diseases. Curcumin, a yellow coloring agent extracted from turmeric, shows strong anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory activities when used as a remedy for the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. How oxidative stress activates inflammatory pathways leading to the progression of chronic diseases is the focus of this review. Thus, research to date suggests that chronic inflammation, oxidative stress, and most chronic diseases are closely linked, and the antioxidant properties of curcumin can play a key role in the prevention and treatment of chronic inflammation diseases.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine & Green Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guandong University of Technology, 232 Wai Huan West Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. hxg_129@126.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine & Green Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guandong University of Technology, 232 Wai Huan West Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. yueyuan00@126.com.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine & Green Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guandong University of Technology, 232 Wai Huan West Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. xizheng@pharmacy.rutgers.edu.|Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department of Chemical Biology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. xizheng@pharmacy.rutgers.edu.
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine & Green Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guandong University of Technology, 232 Wai Huan West Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. kzhang@wyu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guangdong General Hospital & Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510030, China. csh_rl@163.com.
authors.forename: Shaohua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Natural Medicine & Green Chemistry, School of Chemical Engineering and Light Industry, Guandong University of Technology, 232 Wai Huan West Road, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou 510006, China. zhiyundu@gdut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zhiyun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D003474:Curcumin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D003474:Curcumin
keywords: antioxidant; chronic diseases; curcumin; inflammation