| Literature DB >> 11566484 |
A Goel1, C R Boland, D P Chauhan.
Abstract
Curcumin, a major yellow pigment and active component of turmeric, has been shown to possess anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activities. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 plays an important role in colon carcinogenesis. To investigate the effect of curcumin on COX-2 expression, we treated HT-29 human colon cancer cells with various concentrations of curcumin. Curcumin inhibited the cell growth of HT-29 cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Curcumin markedly inhibited the mRNA and protein expression of COX-2, but not COX-1. These data suggest that a non-toxic concentration of curcumin has a significant effect on the in vitro growth of HT-29 cells, specifically inhibits COX-2 expression, and may have value as a safe chemopreventive agent for colon cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID： 11566484 DOI： 10.1016/s0304-3835(01)00655-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cancer Lett ISSN： 0304-3835 Impact factor: 8.679