Abstract：
:Curcumin is a yellow-orange compound derived from the root of Curcuma longa (Zingiberaceae family), that has been used as a medicine, spice and coloring agent. Curcumin has proved nontoxic in a number of cell culture and whole animal studies. Curcumin has, however, been reported to have bactericidal effects at very high concentrations. When illuminated, curcumin exerted potent phototoxic effects in micromolar amounts. Gram-negative bacteria displayed greater resistance to curcumin phototoxicity relative to Gram-positive bacteria. Oxygen was required for curcumin phototoxicity. Curcumin binding to cells was not required for photokilling; the reactive intermediate therefore must be relatively long-lived. The mechanism(s) of curcumin phototoxicity may involve hydrogen peroxide production. Singlet excited oxygen was not detected.
journal_name
Arch Microbioljournal_title
Archives of microbiologyauthors
Dahl TA,McGowan WM,Shand MA,Srinivasan VSdoi
10.1007/BF00414437subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1989-01-01 00:00:00pages
183-5issue
2eissn
0302-8933issn
1432-072Xjournal_volume
151pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:We explored the molecular diversity of cytochrome P450 genes in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae using bioinformatic and experimental approaches. Based on bioinformatic annotation, we found 155 putative genes of cytochromes P450 in the whole genome sequence; however, 13 of 155 appeared to be pseudogenes due t...
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更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Archives of microbiology
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doi：
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更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1978-05-30 00:00:00
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更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s00203-003-0625-5
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s002030050414
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
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