PMID- 20370702 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100818 LR - 20220321 IS - 1875-5607 (Electronic) IS - 1389-5575 (Print) IS - 1389-5575 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 5 DP - 2010 May TI - Perspectives on chemopreventive and therapeutic potential of curcumin analogs in medicinal chemistry. PG - 372-87 AB - Curcumin is a natural polyphenol derived from the plant Curcuma longa, commonly called turmeric. Extensive research over past 50 years has indicated that this polyphenol is highly pleiotropic molecule capable of preventing and treating various cancers. The anticancer potential of Curcumin is severely affected by its limited systemic and target tissue bioavailability and rapid metabolism. In the present review article, we provide a summarized account of different drug delivery systems employed for tackling the problem of cucumin's bioavailability such as liposomes, phospholipid complexes and nanoparticles. Concomitantly we have reviewed the large volume of literature reports describing structural modifications of Curcumin and the anticancer potential of its analogs. Some of the difluorocurcumin analogs allowing longer circulation times and preferential accumulation in the pancreas seem to offer promising leads for conducting first in-depth animal studies and subsequently clinical trials for the use of these analogs for prevention of tumor progression and/or treatments of human malignancies. FAU - Padhye, Subhash AU - Padhye S AD - Dr. D.Y.Patil University, Pimpri, Pune-411018, India. FAU - Chavan, Deepak AU - Chavan D FAU - Pandey, Shubhangini AU - Pandey S FAU - Deshpande, Jyoti AU - Deshpande J FAU - Swamy, K Venkateswara AU - Swamy KV FAU - Sarkar, Fazlul H AU - Sarkar FH LA - eng GR - R01CA131151/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA131151/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - 5P20-CA101936/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 CA101936/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA132794/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA083695/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA131151-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA132794/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA083695/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review PL - Netherlands TA - Mini Rev Med Chem JT - Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry JID - 101094212 RN - 0 (Anticarcinogenic Agents) RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - IT942ZTH98 (Curcumin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anticarcinogenic Agents/chemistry MH - Antineoplastic Agents/administration & dosage/*chemistry/pharmacokinetics MH - Curcuma/chemistry MH - Curcumin/administration & dosage/*chemistry/pharmacokinetics MH - Drug Delivery Systems MH - Humans MH - Models, Molecular MH - Neoplasms/drug therapy/prevention & control MH - Rats PMC - PMC3084451 MID - NIHMS290167 EDAT- 2010/04/08 06:00 MHDA- 2010/08/19 06:00 PMCR- 2011/04/29 CRDT- 2010/04/08 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/03/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/04/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/08/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/04/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MRMC Epub-117 [pii] AID - 10.2174/138955710791330891 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mini Rev Med Chem. 2010 May;10(5):372-87. doi: 10.2174/138955710791330891.