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Curcumin is one of those compounds that does everything, that's not necessarily a good thing, it is a hit in every assay. When you google compounds and they ar
by JohnJamesRambo 8y ago
Curcumin is one of those compounds that does everything, that's not necessarily a good thing, it is a hit in every assay. When you google compounds and they are antifungal, antidiabetic, antibacterial, anticancer, etc., it isn't a reason to get excited, they have no specificity.
Source: I work in natural products chemistry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-assay_interference_compounds https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-assay_interference_compoun...
http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/12/curcumin-will-waste-your-time http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/01/12/cur...
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