{"id":3084,"date":"2011-09-13T11:14:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T04:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nano2.toolsmkt.com\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2011-09-13T11:14:53","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T04:14:53","slug":"nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to this article, traditional Oriental medicine could benefit from integration with the scientific advancements in medical science and diagnostics in concert with nanotechnology.<!--more-->\u00a0Combining the three could lead to a new era of affordable, safe and effective medicine. Turmeric is a traditional medicine plant that is a rich source of phenolic compounds. The bio-active polyphenol component of turmeric is curcumin. In scientific literature, curcumin exhibits a broad range of biological and pharmacological activities, including anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-parasitic, anti-mutagen, anti-cancer and detoxification properties. Curcumin has the potential to treat a variety of diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular, neurological and gastrointestinal disorders, multiple sclerosis, diabetes type II, skin diseases, cystic fibrosis, and cataracts. The major problem limiting the exploitation of its therapeutic effects is its low bioavailability. Nanotechnology-based novel strategies are being pursued to enhance curcumin\u2019s bioavailability and reduce perceived toxicity. The article states that long-term, large-scale, and randomized clinical trials on humans are needed to establish the safety of curcumin at antioxidant and anti-inflammatory doses, in order to develop drugs based on curcumin that are acceptable to the scientific community. Moreover, the traditional medicinal system may need to adopt novel strategies combined with nanotechnology to develop curcumin-based drugs that have enhanced bioavailability and efficacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowerk.com\/spotlight\/spotid=22677.php\">http:\/\/www.nanowerk.com\/spotlight\/spotid=22677.php<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to this article, traditional Oriental medicine could benefit from integration with the scientific advancements in medical science and diagnostics [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology-update"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science - National Nanotechnology Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science - National Nanotechnology Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"According to this article, traditional Oriental medicine could benefit from integration with the scientific advancements in medical science and diagnostics [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"National Nanotechnology Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-13T04:14:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Author user\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Author user\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Author user\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/54985d672de7577f5123522535b02e1e\"},\"headline\":\"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-13T04:14:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Technology Update\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science - National Nanotechnology Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-13T04:14:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"National Nanotechnology Center\",\"description\":\"NANOTEC\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"National Nanotechnology Center\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Nanotec-2-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/Nanotec-2-logo.png\",\"width\":1332,\"height\":391,\"caption\":\"National Nanotechnology Center\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/54985d672de7577f5123522535b02e1e\",\"name\":\"Author user\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f49d9160cb81f15d70c8049f3079047f5480a64c3a547344af5b52101068fc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f49d9160cb81f15d70c8049f3079047f5480a64c3a547344af5b52101068fc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f49d9160cb81f15d70c8049f3079047f5480a64c3a547344af5b52101068fc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Author user\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.nanotec.or.th\\\/en\\\/author\\\/thaispo\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science - National Nanotechnology Center","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science - National Nanotechnology Center","og_description":"According to this article, traditional Oriental medicine could benefit from integration with the scientific advancements in medical science and diagnostics [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/","og_site_name":"National Nanotechnology Center","article_published_time":"2011-09-13T04:14:53+00:00","author":"Author user","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Author user","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/"},"author":{"name":"Author user","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/54985d672de7577f5123522535b02e1e"},"headline":"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science","datePublished":"2011-09-13T04:14:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/"},"wordCount":227,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Technology Update"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/","name":"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science - National Nanotechnology Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-09-13T04:14:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/nanotechnology-enhanced-curcumin-symbiosis-of-ancient-wisdom-of-the-east-with-modern-medical-science\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Nanotechnology-enhanced Curcumin: Symbiosis of Ancient Wisdom of the East with Modern Medical Science"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/","name":"National Nanotechnology Center","description":"NANOTEC","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#organization","name":"National Nanotechnology Center","url":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nanotec-2-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Nanotec-2-logo.png","width":1332,"height":391,"caption":"National Nanotechnology Center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/54985d672de7577f5123522535b02e1e","name":"Author user","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f49d9160cb81f15d70c8049f3079047f5480a64c3a547344af5b52101068fc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f49d9160cb81f15d70c8049f3079047f5480a64c3a547344af5b52101068fc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f49d9160cb81f15d70c8049f3079047f5480a64c3a547344af5b52101068fc3b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Author user"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/author\/thaispo\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nanotec.or.th\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}