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Human tissue cytosolic curcumin reduction

Human tissue cytosolic curcumin reduction. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.

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  1. Hexahydrocurcumin was also identified in the human cytosolic incubations.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/curcumin-research/11815407.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2113, "text_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8"}
    experimental_model
    Human and rat tissue fractions and enzyme assays
    exposure
    Curcumin incubated with tissue fractions or purified sulfotransferases
    limitations
    Ex-vivo metabolism does not measure whole-person bioavailability. Isoforms are specified only where experimentally identified.
    nutrient_topic
    Curcumin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Curcumin
    organism
    Human assays below; rat experiments not merged
    plain_language
    Further reduction produces another metabolite.
    primary_references
    [curcumin-p11815407] Metabolism of the cancer chemopreventive agent curcumin in human and rat intestine. (2002). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11815407/
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Intestinal and hepatic microsomes and cytosol

    Curcumin: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 164–175

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human and rat tissue fractions and enzyme assays · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### curcumin-human-hhc Hexahydrocurcumin was also identified in the human cytosolic incubations. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Curcumin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Further reduction produces another metabolite. organism: Human assays below; rat experiments not merged tissue_or_cell_type: Intestinal and hepatic microsomes and cytosol experimental_model: Human and rat tissue fractions and enzyme assays limitations: Ex-vivo metabolism does not measure whole-person bioavailability. Isoforms are specified only where experimentally identified. exposure: Curcumin incubated with tissue fractions or purified sulfotransferases evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/curcumin-research/11815407.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2113, "text_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8"} [curcumin-p11815407] Metabolism of the cancer chemopreventive agent curcumin in human and rat intestine. (2002). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11815407/
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  2. Tetrahydrocurcumin was detected among human intestinal and hepatic cytosolic metabolites.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
    {"source_cache": "artifacts/curcumin-research/11815407.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2113, "text_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8"}
    experimental_model
    Human and rat tissue fractions and enzyme assays
    exposure
    Curcumin incubated with tissue fractions or purified sulfotransferases
    limitations
    Ex-vivo metabolism does not measure whole-person bioavailability. Isoforms are specified only where experimentally identified.
    nutrient_topic
    Curcumin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. · Curcumin
    organism
    Human assays below; rat experiments not merged
    plain_language
    Reduction changes curcumin into a different molecule.
    primary_references
    [curcumin-p11815407] Metabolism of the cancer chemopreventive agent curcumin in human and rat intestine. (2002). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11815407/
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Intestinal and hepatic microsomes and cytosol

    Curcumin: metabolism, signaling and nutrient connections (2026-09-17) · lines 151–162

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human and rat tissue fractions and enzyme assays · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### curcumin-human-thc Tetrahydrocurcumin was detected among human intestinal and hepatic cytosolic metabolites. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Curcumin research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct dietary effect. plain_language: Reduction changes curcumin into a different molecule. organism: Human assays below; rat experiments not merged tissue_or_cell_type: Intestinal and hepatic microsomes and cytosol experimental_model: Human and rat tissue fractions and enzyme assays limitations: Ex-vivo metabolism does not measure whole-person bioavailability. Isoforms are specified only where experimentally identified. exposure: Curcumin incubated with tissue fractions or purified sulfotransferases evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/curcumin-research/11815407.abstract.txt", "locator": "Primary indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 2113, "text_sha256": "028fbc6d7e7e728f7e52970df07c8e9b04053abe4799669798d593369d2c23b8"} [curcumin-p11815407] Metabolism of the cancer chemopreventive agent curcumin in human and rat intestine. (2002). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11815407/
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