Curcumin As a Potential Antioxidant in Stress Regulation of Terrestrial, Avian, and Aquatic Animals: A Review

Overview

Journal Antioxidants (Basel)

Date 2023 Sep 28

PMID 37760003

Authors

Do Thi Cat Tuong

Mohammad Moniruzzaman

Elena Smirnova

Sungyeon Chin

Anjana Sureshbabu

Adhimoolam Karthikeyan

Taesun Min

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Abstract

Stress has brought about a variety of harmful impacts on different animals, leading to difficulties in the management of animal husbandry and aquaculture. Curcumin has been recognized as a potential component to ameliorate the adverse influence of animal stress induced by toxicity, inflammation, diseases, thermal effect, and so on. In detail, this compound is known to offer various outstanding functions, including antibacterial properties, antioxidant effects, immune response recovery, and behavioral restoration of animals under stress conditions. However, curcumin still has some limitations, owing to its low bioavailability. This review summarizes the latest updates on the regulatory effects of curcumin in terms of stress management in terrestrial, avian, and aquatic animals.

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