Publications by authors named "Dan DuBourdieu"
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- A new curcumin metal complex called TurmiZn, made with tetrahydrocurcumin and zinc, shows enhanced stability, solubility, and antioxidant properties compared to regular curcumin.
- In laboratory tests, TurmiZn was found to be about three times more easily absorbed in pig intestinal cells and significantly more effective at increasing metabolite levels in chickens and rats.
- Additionally, TurmiZn demonstrated superior antioxidant effects, being 13 times more effective than curcumin, and effectively reduced inflammatory cytokines in various cell types and animal models.
Curcumin, an active component of the rhizome turmeric, has gained much attention as a plant-based compound with pleiotropic pharmacological properties. It possesses anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, hypoglycemic, antimicrobial, neuroprotective, and immunomodulatory activities. However, the health-promoting utility of curcumin is constrained due to its hydrophobic nature, water insolubility, poor bioavailability, rapid metabolism, and systemic elimination.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGut health is the starting place for maintaining the overall health of an animal. Strategies to maintain gut health are, thus, an important part in achieving the goal of improving animal health. A new strategy to do this involves two molecules: the iron transport protein ovotransferrin (IT) and α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate (TPGS), which result in the novel formulation of ITPGS.
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