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Synthesis of monofunctional curcumin derivatives, clicked curcumin dimer, and a PAMAM dendrimer curcumin conjugate for therapeutic applications
Shi, Wei,Dolai, Sukanta,Rizk, Samar,Hussain, Afshan,Tariq, Hussnain,Averick, Saadyah,L'Amoreaux, William,El Idrissi, Abdeslem,Banerjee, Probal,Raja, Krishnaswami
, p. 5461 - 5464 (2007)
Curcumin, the primary active ingredient in the spice turmeric, was converted to reactive monofunctional derivatives (carboxylic acid/azide/alkyne). The derivatives were employed to produce a 3 + 2 azide-alkyne "clicked" curcumin dimer and a poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer-curcumin conjugate. The monofunctional curcumin derivatives retain biological activity and are efficient for labeling and dissolving amyloid fibrils. The curcumin dimer selectively destroys human neurotumor cells. The synthetic methodology developed affords a general strategy for attaching curcumin to various macromolecular scaffolds.
NOVEL CURCUMIN AND TETRAHYDROCURCUMIN DERIVATIVES
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The invention relates to novel curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives, which have been modified at one phenolic group to incorporate more-reactive groups. The curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives are in the form of monomers, dimmers, and polymers.