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curcumol

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ID SourceID
PubMed CID14240392
CHEMBL ID4303567
CHEBI ID173719
SCHEMBL ID22404924
MeSH IDM0079396

Synonyms (29)

Synonym
4871-97-0
CHEBI:173719
(1s,2s,5s,8r,9s)-2-methyl-6-methylidene-9-propan-2-yl-11-oxatricyclo[6.2.1.01,5]undecan-8-ol
curcumol ,
unii-9190rtn07x
(3s-(3alpha,3aalpha,5alpha,6alpha,8abeta))-octahydro-3-methyl-8-methylene-5-(1-methylethyl)-6h-3a,6-epoxyazulen-6-ol
9190rtn07x ,
5.beta.-guai-10(14)-en-8-ol, 5,8-epoxy-, (-)-
6h-3a,6-epoxyazulen-6-ol, octahydro-3-methyl-8-methylene-5-(1-methylethyl)-, (3s-(3.alpha.,3a.alpha.,5.beta.,6.beta.,8a.beta.))-
(-)-curcumol
6h-3a,6-epoxyazulen-6-ol, octahydro-3-methyl-8-methylene-5-(1-methylethyl)-, (3s,3as,5s,6r,8as)-
S2407
AKOS022168205
AC-34186
Q-100546
HY-N0104
mfcd00272163
(3s,3as,5s,6r,8as)-octahydro-3-methyl-8-methylene-5-(1-methylethyl)-6h-3a,6-epoxyazulen-6-ol
SCHEMBL22404924
(3s,3as,5s,6r,8as)-5-isopropyl-3-methyl-8-methyleneoctahydro-6h-3a,6-epoxyazulen-6-ol
( -)-curcumol, analytical standard
5,8-epoxy-10(14)-guaien-8-ol
NCGC00346607-02
( -)-curcumol
BS-16857
C3439
CCG-266844
CHEMBL4303567
Q27271386

Research Excerpts

Overview

Curcumol is a bioactive sesquiterpenoid that has anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and anti-fibrotic properties. It is a representative index component for the quality control of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.

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"Curcumol is a bioactive sesquiterpenoid with pharmacological properties including restoring endothelial cells damage."( Curcumol suppresses endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition via inhibiting the AKT/GSK3β signaling pathway and alleviates pulmonary arterial hypertension in rats.
Liu, Y; Nie, X; Qi, Y; Shang, J; Wu, Z; Zhu, L, 2023
)
3.07
"Curcumol is a bioactive sesquiterpenoid that has anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and anti-fibrotic properties."( Curcumol alleviates cardiac remodeling via the AKT/NF-κB pathway.
Cui, S; Fang, Z; Feng, G; Hu, S; Jiang, X; Li, S; Liu, C; Yushanjiang, F, 2023
)
3.07
"Curcumol is a representative index component for the quality control of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin, which is currently used as an anti-cancer drug, and is included in the State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the People's Republic of China (2005)."( Curcumol inhibits the expression of programmed cell death-ligand 1 through crosstalk between hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and STAT3 (T705) signaling pathways in hepatic cancer.
Jin, CH; Jin, X; Jin, Y; Li, MY; Ma, J; Piao, LX; Ri, MH; Wang, JY; Wang, Z; Xing, Y; Xu, GH; Zhang, ZH; Zuo, HX, 2020
)
2.72
"Curcumol is an effective Skp2-targeted therapy that attenuates anoikis resistance and metastasis in TNBC cells."( Curcumol Suppresses Triple-negative Breast Cancer Metastasis by Attenuating Anoikis Resistance
Fang, SY; Hou, MF; Huang, CW; Ko, CJ; Li, CL; Luo, CW; Ou-Yang, FU; Pan, MR, 2020
)
3.44
"Curcumol is a representative index component for the quality control of the essential oil of Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. "( Microbial transformation of curcumol by Aspergillus niger.
Chen, LX; Li, TX; Qiu, F; Yin, SY; Zhang, H; Zhang, Z; Zhao, Q, 2013
)
2.13
"Curcumol is a sesquiterpene originally isolated from curcuma rhizomes, a component of herbal remedies commonly used in oriental medicine. "( Curcumol induces apoptosis in SPC-A-1 human lung adenocarcinoma cells and displays anti-neoplastic effects in tumor bearing mice.
Guo, JQ; Lin, HS; Liu, B; Pan, XD; Peng, T; Tang, QL; Wang, QY; Wang, SJ; Yang, ZP; Zang, LQ, 2015
)
3.3

Effects

Curcumol has been shown to alleviate inflammation in various disease models. Its effects on IVDD remain unclear. Curcumol, has shown effective inhibition on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) Cells, interacted with NCL and then initiated the anti-tumor biological effect.

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"Curcumol has been shown to alleviate inflammation in various disease models, but its effects on IVDD remain unclear."( Curcumol Alleviates the Inflammation of Nucleus Pulposus Cells via the PI3K/Akt/NF-κB Signaling Pathway and Delays Intervertebral Disk Degeneration.
Feng, H; Fu, Y; He, S; Huang, D; Huang, Z; Lai, J; Lan, Z; Li, H; Li, J; Sun, Z; Tan, H; Yan, B, 2021
)
2.79
"Curcumol, has shown effective inhibition on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma (NPC) Cells, interacted with NCL and then initiated the anti-tumor biological effect."( Identification and validation nucleolin as a target of curcumol in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.
Bai, Z; Chen, X; Chi, B; Li, X; Liu, H; Qin, J; Wang, J; Wu, J, 2018
)
1.45
"Curcumol has been proved to possess antitumor effects in vivo and in vitro in several cancers. "( Curcumol induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by inhibiting IGF-1R/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in human nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE-2 cells.
Bai, Z; Chen, X; Chi, B; Li, X; Liu, H; Qin, J; Wang, J; Yan, W, 2018
)
3.37
"Curcumolhas been reported to possess antitumor activity. "( Curcumol Suppresses Breast Cancer Cell Metastasis by Inhibiting MMP-9 Via JNK1/2 and Akt-Dependent NF-κB Signaling Pathways.
Chen, L; Chen, Q; Jiang, Z; Li, L; Ma, H; Ning, L; Qi, H, 2016
)
3.32

Actions

Curcumol could suppress ERK/CREB pathway to inhibit proliferation and migration. Curcumol promotes HSC autophagy, which may be the key mechanism for its induction of ferroptosis. Cur Cumol can enhance glioma cell sensitivity to TMZ by regulating the UTX/MGMT axis.

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"Curcumol could suppress ERK/CREB pathway to inhibit proliferation and migration and promote apoptosis of PDGF-BB-stimulated ASMCs. "( Curcumol inhibits PDGF-BB-induced proliferation and migration of airway smooth muscle cells by suppressing ERK/CREB pathway.
Ling, S; Liu, Z; Mao, Z; Qian, Y; Zhang, L; Zhang, Q, 2022
)
3.61
"Curcumol also can inhibit the secretion of inflammatory cytokines, including tumor necrosis cytokines (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-1ß, by ectopic endometrial stromal cells."( Curcumol Attenuates Endometriosis by Inhibiting the JAK2/STAT3 Signaling Pathway.
Bian, WH; Liu, J; Liu, SJ; Nie, XB; Wang, Y, 2022
)
2.89
"Curcumol promotes HSC autophagy, which may be the key mechanism for its induction of ferroptosis."( Curcumol alleviates liver fibrosis through inducing autophagy and ferroptosis in hepatic stellate cells.
Huang, J; Jiang, R; Li, W; Wang, J; Zhao, T; Zheng, Y, 2022
)
2.89
"Curcumol can enhance glioma cell sensitivity to TMZ by regulating the UTX/MGMT axis."( [Curcumol reverses temozolomide resistance in glioma cells by regulating the UTX/MGMT axis].
Qian, Y; Sun, J; Tan, R; Tian, N; Xing, J, 2023
)
3.26
"Curcumol can inhibit the proliferation of HepG2 cells in vitro and induce G1 arrest of cell cycle through mechanisms activating p53 and pRB pathways that involve genes of cyclin A1, CDK2, CDK8, p21WAF1 and p27KIP1."( [Mechanism study on anti-proliferative effects of curcumol in human hepatocarcinoma HepG2 cells].
Chen, X; Hong, X; Huang, LZ; Jiang, XS; Lu, FT; Wang, J; Yang, FC, 2013
)
2.09
"Curcumol could cause cell cycle arrest at the S phase, induce cell apoptosis, and inhibit the expression of Bcl-2 in a dose-dependent manner."( The molecular mechanism of curcumol on inducing cell growth arrest and apoptosis in Jurkat cells, a model of CD4⁺ T cells.
Fang, Y; Jiang, X; Wang, H; Wang, Y; Wang, Z; Zhong, B, 2014
)
1.42

Treatment

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"The curcumol (0.025 mg/mL) treatment has significantly increased IFN-β mRNA expression in the EMCV-infected HEK-293 T cells while ribavirin treatment did not."( Curcumol inhibits encephalomyocarditis virus by promoting IFN-β secretion.
Fan, K; Khan, A; Li, H; Sun, N; Sun, P; Sun, Y; Wang, S; Xu, Y; Yin, W; Zheng, J, 2021
)
2.54

Pharmacokinetics

The validated method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of curdione and curcumol in rat blood and liver.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The validated method was successfully applied to the pharmacokinetic study of curdione and curcumol in rat blood and liver after oral administration of Rhizoma Curcumae extracts."( Pharmacokinetics and liver distribution study of unbound curdione and curcumol in rats by microdialysis coupled with rapid resolution liquid chromatography (RRLC) and tandem mass spectrometry.
Ji, D; Lang, Y; Li, J; Li, L; Lu, T; Mao, C; Xiao, Y; Yin, F, 2014
)
0.86

Compound-Compound Interactions

This study aimed to investigate the effects of nanoparticles PLGA-NPs and mesoporous silicon nanoparticles(MSNs) of different stiffness before and after combination with menthol or curcumol on the mechanical properties of bEnd.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Therefore, the present study was designed to reveal the predictive targets and biological mechanisms of curcumol against HCC via a network pharmacology-based approach combined with bioinformatic analytics and to provide proof of concept for further similar investigations."( Network Pharmacology-Based Approach Combined with Bioinformatic Analytics to Elucidate the Potential of Curcumol against Hepatocellular Carcinoma.
Huang, X; Rehman, HM; Szöllősi, AG; Zhou, S, 2022
)
1.15
"This study aimed to investigate the effects of nanoparticles PLGA-NPs and mesoporous silicon nanoparticles(MSNs) of different stiffness before and after combination with menthol or curcumol on the mechanical properties of bEnd."( [Effect of nanoparticles of different stiffness combined with menthol/curcumol on mechanical properties of bEnd.3 cells].
Chen, WL; DU, SY; Guo, ZS; Li, PY; Wang, DL; Wang, XJ; Yang, KL; Zhang, Y; Zhong, LY, 2023
)
1.34

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Like curcuminoids, limited solubility and bioavailability are the most fragile domain, which circumscribe further applications of these compounds."( Non-Curcuminoids from Turmeric and Their Potential in Cancer Therapy and Anticancer Drug Delivery Formulations.
Amalraj, A; Gopi, S; Jacob, J; Kunnumakkara, AB; Nair, A, 2019
)
0.51
"The ATP-binding cassette transporter P-glycoprotein (P-gp) is known to limit both brain penetration and oral bioavailability of many chemotherapy drugs."( A High-Throughput Screen of a Library of Therapeutics Identifies Cytotoxic Substrates of P-glycoprotein.
Ambudkar, SV; Brimacombe, KR; Chen, L; Gottesman, MM; Guha, R; Hall, MD; Klumpp-Thomas, C; Lee, OW; Lee, TD; Lusvarghi, S; Robey, RW; Shen, M; Tebase, BG, 2019
)
0.51
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Drug Classes (1)

ClassDescription
sesquiterpenoidAny terpenoid derived from a sesquiterpene. The term includes compounds in which the C15 skeleton of the parent sesquiterpene has been rearranged or modified by the removal of one or more skeletal atoms (generally methyl groups).
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Bioassays (6)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID1347411qHTS to identify inhibitors of the type 1 interferon - major histocompatibility complex class I in skeletal muscle: primary screen against the NCATS Mechanism Interrogation Plate v5.0 (MIPE) Libary2020ACS chemical biology, 07-17, Volume: 15, Issue:7
High-Throughput Screening to Identify Inhibitors of the Type I Interferon-Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I Pathway in Skeletal Muscle.
AID1346987P-glycoprotein substrates identified in KB-8-5-11 adenocarcinoma cell line, qHTS therapeutic library screen2019Molecular pharmacology, 11, Volume: 96, Issue:5
A High-Throughput Screen of a Library of Therapeutics Identifies Cytotoxic Substrates of P-glycoprotein.
AID1296008Cytotoxic Profiling of Annotated Libraries Using Quantitative High-Throughput Screening2020SLAS discovery : advancing life sciences R & D, 01, Volume: 25, Issue:1
Cytotoxic Profiling of Annotated and Diverse Chemical Libraries Using Quantitative High-Throughput Screening.
AID1347160Primary screen NINDS Rhodamine qHTS for Zika virus inhibitors2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 12-08, Volume: 117, Issue:49
Therapeutic candidates for the Zika virus identified by a high-throughput screen for Zika protease inhibitors.
AID1346986P-glycoprotein substrates identified in KB-3-1 adenocarcinoma cell line, qHTS therapeutic library screen2019Molecular pharmacology, 11, Volume: 96, Issue:5
A High-Throughput Screen of a Library of Therapeutics Identifies Cytotoxic Substrates of P-glycoprotein.
AID1347159Primary screen GU Rhodamine qHTS for Zika virus inhibitors: Unlinked NS2B-NS3 protease assay2020Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 12-08, Volume: 117, Issue:49
Therapeutic candidates for the Zika virus identified by a high-throughput screen for Zika protease inhibitors.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (113)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-19904 (3.54)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's12 (10.62)29.6817
2010's43 (38.05)24.3611
2020's54 (47.79)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 23.74

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be moderate demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index23.74 (24.57)
Research Supply Index4.76 (2.92)
Research Growth Index5.88 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index50.49 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index4.00 (0.95)

This Compound (23.74)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials1 (0.87%)5.53%
Reviews3 (2.61%)6.00%
Case Studies0 (0.00%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other111 (96.52%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]