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SUBMITTER: Chen G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5345068 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Guoqin G Li Jinliang J Cai Yanbin Y Zhan Jie J Gao Jie J Song Mingcai M Shi Yang Y Yang Zhimou Z
Scientific reports 20170310
Curcumin (Cur), a phenolic anti-oxidant compound obtained from Curcuma longa plant, possesses a variety of therapeutic properties. However, it is suffered from its low water solubility and low bioavailability property, which seriously restricts its clinical application. In this study, we developed a glycyrrhetinic acid (GA) modified curcumin supramolecular pro-gelator (GA-Cur) and a control compound Nap-Cur by replacing GA with the naphthylacetic acid (Nap). Both compounds showed good water solu ...[more]