Turmeric and Curcumin for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Table of Contents

Alzheimer's Disease 1. Health Benifits of Turmeric: Emphasis on Anticancer Activity 2. Turmeric Products in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment 3. Curcumin in Alzheimer's Disease Diagnosis and Treatment 4. Curcumin Loaded Drug Delivery Systems in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

Parkinson's Disease 5. Turmeric Products in Parkinson's Disease Treatment 6. Curcumin in Parkinson's Disease Treatment 7. Curcumin Loaded Drug Delivery Systems in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

Liver Diseases 8. Turmeric Products in Liver Disease Treatment 9. Curcumin in Liver Disease Treatment 10. Curcumin Loaded Drug Delivery Systems in the Treatment of Liver Diseases

Authors

Magisetty Obulesu Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati, India. Magisetty Obulesu is a research associate at the Regional Agricultural Research Station, Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University, Tirupati, India. He has 20 years of research and teaching experience. He is also an editorial board of nanotechnology journals including SciFed Nanotech Research Letters, SciFed Drug Delivery Research, Current Updates in Nanotechnology and Journal of Nanotechnology and Materials Science. His research areas include food science, pathology of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease, designing polymer-based biomaterials such as hydrogels, and development of metal chelators to overcome metal induced toxicity. He has researched Alzheimer's disease and developed an aluminium-induced neurotoxicity rabbit model. Mr. Obulesu's present research focuses on development of redox-active injectable hydrogels of polyion complex. He has written three books and edited two more; he is also the first and corresponding author for majority of his articles.