ReviewCureus2024
Curcumin and Cognitive Function: A Systematic Review of the Effects of Curcumin on Adults With and Without Neurocognitive Disorders.
Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Zingiberaceae-derived interventions on memory-related and other cognitive outcomes in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Chemobrain as a Neuroimmune Syndrome: Mechanisms, Modifiers, and Emerging Multi-Target Therapeutic Strategies.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity activities of natural products: therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2026Review
- An integrative neurogenomics workflow for precision medicine in neurodegenerative disorders.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Article
- Advances in Bioactive Compounds from Plants and Their Applications in Alzheimer's Disease.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- Neuroactive Phytochemicals as Multi-Target Modulators of Mental Health and Cognitive Function: An Integrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Neuroprotective Role of Curcumin: From Molecular Pathways to Clinical Translation-A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Promoting cognitive health through the nexus of gut microbiota and dietary phytochemicals.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Nutrigenomic influence of a curcumin-supplemented high glycemic diet on hippocampal microvasculature in male C57BL/6J mice.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- New Insights into the Development of Donepezil-Based Hybrid and Natural Molecules as Multi-Target Drug Agents for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
This systematic review investigates the effect of curcumin on neurocognitive exams and inflammatory serum biomarkers in adults 18 years and older. We search PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Cochrane Library, and Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute. Modeling the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines (PRISMA), we screened 1,284 studies with the keywords "neurocognitive disorders," "dementia," "cognitive health," "serum biomarkers," and "curcumin." We use the revised Cochrane Risk-of-Bias tool (RoB2) and the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale to select 12 open-access full-text articles published within 20 years. We include clinical trials, randomized controlled trials (RCTs), cohort studies, and human studies, excluding nonhumans, other design types, and schizophrenia. Despite gastrointestinal side effects, studies found curcumin significantly improves working memory in the following adult groups: non-demented, metabolically impaired, cognitively impaired, mood impaired, and chemotherapy impaired. Study limitations include variable population characteristics and few trials employing intention-to-treat analysis, emphasizing the need for shared clinical decision-making before curcumin therapy.
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