Protective effects of curcumin against toxic agents-induced renal failure: a review.

Protective effects of curcumin against toxic agents-induced renal failure: a review. Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2018 Sep 05;: Authors: Farkhondeh T, Samarghandian S, Azimi-Nezhad M, Shahri AMP Abstract Curcumin, is the major phenolic compound the rhizome of the Curcuma species that is used in herbal medicine. Several studies has showed the protective effects of curcumin against nephrotoxi agents such as gallic acid, glucose, tartrazine, streptozotocin, lead, maleate, malathion, nicotine, cisplatin, gentamicin and methotrexate. However, due to the lake of linical trial studies, more investigation are needed to determine the efficacy of curcumin as an antidote agent. The present study aimed to critically review the recent literature data from that regarding the protective effects of curcumin against nephrotoxin agents. PMID: 30205807 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Cardiovascular and Hematological Disorders Drug Targets - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Tags: Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets Source Type: research