Curcumin

Catalog No.S1848 Batch:S184806

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Technical Data

Formula

C21H20O6
Molecular Weight 368.38 CAS No. 458-37-7
Solubility (25°C)* In vitro DMSO 73 mg/mL (198.16 mM)
Water Insoluble
Ethanol Insoluble
* <1 mg/ml means slightly soluble or insoluble.
* Please note that Selleck tests the solubility of all compounds in-house, and the actual solubility may differ slightly from published values. This is normal and is due to slight batch-to-batch variations.
* Room temperature shipping (Stability testing shows this product can be shipped without any cooling measures.)

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Biological Activity

Description Curcumin (Diferuloylmethane, Natural Yellow 3, Turmeric yellow) is the principal curcuminoid of the popular Indian spice turmeric, which is a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae). It is an inhibitor of p300 histone acetylatransferase（IC50~25 μM）and Histone deacetylase (HDAC); activates Nrf2 pathway and supresses the activation of NF-κB. Curcumin induces mitophagy, autophagy, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest with antitumor activity. Curcumin reduces renal damage associated with rhabdomyolysis by decreasing ferroptosis-mediated cell death. Curcumin exhibits anti-infective properties against various human pathogens like the influenza virus, hepatitis C virus, HIV and so on.
Targets
Nrf2 [1]
(Cell-free assay)		 Ferroptosis [9] HDAC [7]
(Cell-free assay)		 NF-κB [8]
(Cell-free assay)		 p300 [6]
(Cell-free assay)
~25 μM
In vitro

Curcumin induces the expression of forkhead box protein O1 (FOXO1) through activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 signaling. Curcumin inhibits cell proliferation, which was associated with upregulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, p27 and p21, and downregulation of cyclin D1[2]. Curcumin induces endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and mitochondrial dysfunction as evidenced by up-regulation of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein homologous protein (CHOP), phosphorylation of JNK and down-regulation of SERCA2ATPase, release of cytochrome c, decrease of Bcl-2 and reduction of mitochondrial membrane potential in both AGS and HT-29 cells[3].
In vivo

Chronic treatment with curcumin significantly reverses the CMS-induced behavioral abnormalities in stressed rats. Additionally, curcumin effectively inhibits cytokine gene expression at both the mRNA and the protein level and reduces the activation of NF-κB[4].

Protocol (from reference)

Cell Assay:

[5]
  • Cell lines

    murine melanoma cell subline(B16-R)

  • Concentrations

    0-100 μM

  • Incubation Time

    24-48 h

  • Method

    1×104 B16-R cells are cultivated as monolayer culture for 12 hr. They were then incubated in 200 μL of RPMI, 10% FBS containing curcumin at final concentrations from 1–100 μM in 96-multiwell plates for 24-48 hr. After these incubations, cells are washed twice in PBS and 500 μl of fresh culture medium containing MTT (0.3 mg/mL) are added for colorimetric assay.
Animal Study:

[5]
  • Animal Models

    Female B6D2F1 mice (6-8 weeks old)

  • Dosages

    25 mg/kg

  • Administration

    i.p.

Customer Product Validation

Data from [Oncol Res, 2014, 21(3), 137-44]

Data from [Oncol Res, 2014, 21(3), 137-44]

Data from [Data independently produced by , , J Exp Clin Cancer Res, 2018, 37(1):303]

Data from [Data independently produced by , , Front Pharmacol, 2018, 9:60]

Selleck's Curcumin has been cited by 45 publications

Curcumin blunts epithelial-mesenchymal transition to alleviate invasion and metastasis of prostate cancer through the JARID1D demethylation [ Cancer Cell Int, 2024, 24(1):303] PubMed: 39218854
Network-based prediction of anti-cancer drug combinations [ Front Pharmacol, 2024, 15:1418902] PubMed: 39211773
Schistosomicidal effects of histone acetyltransferase inhibitors against Schistosoma japonicum juveniles and adult worms in vitro [ PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 2024, 18(8):e0012428] PubMed: 39159234
The Cytotoxic Effect of Curcumin in Rhabdomyosarcoma Is Associated with the Modulation of AMPK, AKT/mTOR, STAT, and p53 Signaling [ Nutrients, 2023, 15(3)740] PubMed: 36771452
Curcumin suppress inflammatory response in traumatic brain injury via p38/MAPK signaling pathway [ Phytother Res, 2022, 36(3):1326-1337] PubMed: 35080289
MicroRNA profiling of paediatric AML with FLT-ITD or MLL-rearrangements: Expression signatures and in vitro modulation of miR-221-3p and miR-222-3p with BRD4/HATs inhibitors [ Oncol Rep, 2022, 48(6)221] PubMed: 36321792
Curcumin assists anti-EV71 activity of IFN-α by inhibiting IFNAR1 reduction in SH-SY5Y cells [ Gut Pathog, 2022, 14(1):8] PubMed: 35151347
Curcumin Inhibits the Growth and Metastasis of Melanoma via miR-222-3p/SOX10/Notch Axis [ Dis Markers, 2022, 2022:3129781] PubMed: 35585935
Pharmacological inhibition of fatty acid synthesis blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication [ Nat Metab, 2021, 10.1038/s42255-021-00479-4] PubMed: 34580494
Multifocal Organoid Capturing of Colon Cancer Reveals Pervasive Intratumoral Heterogenous Drug Responses [ Adv Sci (Weinh), 2021, e2103360] PubMed: 34918496

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