Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 41, Issue 1, Pages 92-96Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2006.03.008
Keywords
curcumin; reactive oxygen species; glycosylation; diabetes; oxidative stress; erythrocytes; free radical
Funding
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01 DK064797] Funding Source: Medline
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Curcumin (diferuloylmethane) is the most active component of turmeric. It is believed that curcumin is a potent antioxidant and antiinflammatory agent. Experimental studies with diabetic animals demonstrate that curcurnin supplementation can suppress cataract development and collagen cross-linking, promote wound healing, and lower blood lipids and glucose levels. The mechanism by which curcurnin may cause diabetes-associated vascular damage to regress is not known. Erythrocytes were treated with high levels of glucose (mimicking diabetes) in the presence or absence of curcurnin (0-10 mu M) in the medium at 37 degrees C for 24 h. This study demonstrates that curcumin prevents protein glycosylation and lipid peroxidation caused by high glucose levels using an erythrocyte cell model. This study also suggests that curcurnin may inhibit oxygen radical production caused by high glucose concentrations in a cell-free system, and increase glucose utilization in erythrocytes. This provides evidence for a novel mechanism by which curcumin supplementation may prevent the cellular dysfunction associated with diabetes. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier Inc.
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