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SUBMITTER: Hung SJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7730963 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20201127 23
In our previous study, we have demonstrated that curcumin can efficiently kill the anaerobic bacterium <i>Propionibacterium acnes</i> by irradiation with low-dose blue light. The curcuminoids present in natural plant turmeric mainly include curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin. However, only curcumin is commercially available. Eighteen different curcumin analogs, including demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin, were synthesized in this study. Their antibacterial activity ag ...[more]