BACKGROUND Even though Curcuma longa L. possesses various biological activities, it has strong flavor and taste, which decrease consumer palatability and limit industrial applications in food. OBJECTIVE The present study investigates the effects of C. longa L. fermented with Aspergillus oryzae supplementation in 60% high-fat diet-induced obese rats measured by the activation of adipogenesis a...

background: different treatment and protective approaches for radiation-induced oral mucositis have been practiced and have varieties of success. of which, radioprotective agents, synthetic or natural, have been of great interest for researchers. this study aims to evaluate the effect of curcuma longa topical gel as a herbal production on mucositis induced by radiation therapy of head and neck ...

Plant cell culture system has served as an alternative to enhance the production of high value phyto-pharmaceuticals. In the described study, the immobilized culture and static culture of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae) were used to maximize the production of the bioactive compound Curcumin. It was observed that Curcumin content in vitro studies (static as well as immobilize cultures) were enhanc...

Introducción: La Curcuma longa L.“palillo” (C. longa) podría tener propiedades frente al hongo Candida albicans. Objetivo: Evaluar el efecto antifúngico in vitro del extracto etanólico rizoma de C. sobre cepas albicans ATCC 10231. Metodología: Se llevó a cabo un estudio comparativo, longitudinal, prospectivo, experimental. población fue conformada por conjunto placas inoculadas con las albicans...

Description Curcuma longa, a perennial herb and member of the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family, grows to a height of three to five feet and is cultivated extensively in Asia, India, China, and other countries with a tropical climate. It has oblong, pointed leaves and funnel-shaped yellow flowers.1 The rhizome, the portion of the plant used medicinally, is usually boiled, cleaned, and dried, yieldi...

Background: Obesity and increased body mass index (BMI) affect the reproductive parameters in men such as poor semen quality, decreased sperm concentration, decreased normal-motile sperm cells and increased DNA fragmentation index. Lipid peroxidation contributes to the damage of the sperm plasma membrane. The Curcuma Longa is a resource of antioxidants, hence in this study also was evaluated th...

Curcuma longa, popularly known as Turmeric, is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant used in folk medicine for the treatment, prevention, and management of various illnesses such cancer, diabetes, Arthritis, diarrhoea, inflammation, psoriasis, hepatobiliary diseases, gastric peptic ulcers. This study reviewed ethnomedicinal potentials, phytochemicals, pharmacological activities C. longa. In ...

Oral feeding of 50% EtOH extract of Curcuma longa to male rats at the dose of 1gm/kg body weight caused significant reduction of serum cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids (P≤0.01 to 0.001). Whereas the SGOT levels aware not reduced significantly. Fertility test showed 80% negative result. The negative fertility results reflects the arrest of spermatogenesis and depletion of androgen le...

Development of ecofriendly and reliable processes for the synthesis of nanoparticles has attracted considerable interest in nanotechnology because of its tremendous impetus in modulating metals into nanosize to their potential use for human benefits. In this study an endophytic fungus, Penicillium sp., isolated from healthy leaves of Curcuma longa (turmeric) was subjected to extracellular biosy...

The oxidation of low-density lipoproteins (LDL) plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis. Curcumin is a yellow pigment obtained from rhizomes of Curcuma longa and is commonly used as a spice and food colouring. Curcumin and turmeric extracts have several pharmacological effects including antitumour, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antiinfectious activities although the p...