Promising Potential of Curcumin and Related Compounds for Antiviral
Drug Discovery

Archana      Sharma; Twinkle      Sharma; Rajveer      Bhaskar; Monika      Ola; Alok      Sharma; Prabodh   Chander   Sharma
doi:10.2174/0115734064277371240325105016
Abstract

Viruses are acellular, microscopic, and mobile particles containing genetic particles, either DNA/RNA strands as nucleoproteins, responsible for 69,53,743 deaths till the year 2023. Curcumin and related compounds are among the areas of pivotal interest for researchers because of their versatile pharmacological profile. Chemically known as diferuloylmethane, which is a main constituent of turmeric along with demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin, they have a broad spectrum of antiviral activity against viruses such as human immunodeficiency virus, herpes simplex virus, influenza virus (Avian influenza) and Hepatitis C virus HIV. The possible role of curcumin as an antiviral agent may be attributed to the activation of the 20S proteasome, a cellular machinery responsible for degrading unfolded or misfolded proteins in a ubiquitin-independent manner. It shows suppression of HBV entry at various infection stages by inhibiting cccDNA replication by inhibiting the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway to attenuate IAV-induced myocarditis.
Keywords: Curcumin, turmeric, antiviral, anti-HIV, anti-herpes, Hepatitis C.
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DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0115734064277371240325105016	Print ISSN 1573-4064
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-6638
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Promising Potential of Curcumin and Related Compounds for Antiviral Drug Discovery

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