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Overview

Sahdeo Prasad is a researcher affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on Molecular Biology, Pharmacology, and Complementary and alternative medicine.

Their research addresses a range of topics related to natural compounds and pharmacological effects, especially emphasizing curcumin and medicinal plants. Key areas of study include:

  • Curcumin's Biomedical Applications
  • Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants
  • Pharmacological Effects of Medicinal Plants
  • Genomics, Phytochemicals, and Oxidative Stress
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
  • Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research

Prasad has published in a variety of scientific journals, with multiple articles appearing in venues such as:

  • Molecules
  • American Journal Of Pathology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Antioxidants
  • Food & Function

Recent publications include:

  • Metal-Curcumin Complexes in Therapeutics: An Approach to Enhance Pharmacological Effects of Curcumin, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Free Radicals as a Double-Edged Sword: The Cancer Preventive and Therapeutic Roles of Curcumin, 2020, Molecules
  • Oxidative Stress and Cancer: Chemopreventive and Therapeutic Role of Triphala, 2020, Antioxidants
  • Drug rechanneling: A novel paradigm for cancer treatment, 2020, Seminars in Cancer Biology
  • Inflammation and ROS in arthritis: management by Ayurvedic medicinal plants, 2021, Food & Function

Throughout their career, Prasad has frequently collaborated with other researchers including Rajiv Lall, Sanjay Srivastava, Bhaumik Patel, Prafulla Kumar, and Adhiraj Roy.

Best Publications

  • Recent developments in delivery, bioavailability, absorption and metabolism of curcumin: The golden pigment from golden spice

    Sahdeo Prasad;Amit K. Tyagi;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Curcumin, the golden nutraceutical: multitargeting for multiple chronic diseases

    Ajaikumar B Kunnumakkara;Devivasha Bordoloi;Ganesan Padmavathi;Javadi Monisha

  • Curcumin and cancer cells: how many ways can curry kill tumor cells selectively?

    Jayaraj Ravindran;Sahdeo Prasad;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and cancer: Role of antioxidative nutraceuticals

    Sahdeo Prasad;Subash C. Gupta;Amit K. Tyagi

  • Regulation of survival, proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis of tumor cells through modulation of inflammatory pathways by nutraceuticals

    Subash C. Gupta;Ji Hye Kim;Sahdeo Prasad;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Curcumin, a component of golden spice: from bedside to bench and back.

    Sahdeo Prasad;Subash C. Gupta;Amit K. Tyagi;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Multitargeting by curcumin as revealed by molecular interaction studies

    Subash C. Gupta;Sahdeo Prasad;Ji Hye Kim;Sridevi Patchva

  • Multitargeting by turmeric, the golden spice: From kitchen to clinic

    Subash C. Gupta;Bokyung Sung;Ji Hye Kim;Sahdeo Prasad

  • NF-κB and cancer: how intimate is this relationship

    Sahdeo Prasad;Jayaraj Ravindran;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Ginger and Its Constituents: Role in Prevention and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancer

    Sahdeo Prasad;Amit K. Tyagi

  • Cancer drug discovery by repurposing: teaching new tricks to old dogs

    Subash C. Gupta;Bokyung Sung;Sahdeo Prasad;Lauren J. Webb

  • The role of chalcones in suppression of NF-κB-mediated inflammation and cancer.

    Vivek R. Yadav;Sahdeo Prasad;Bokyung Sung;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Identification of Novel Anti-inflammatory Agents from Ayurvedic Medicine for Prevention of Chronic Diseases: “Reverse Pharmacology” and “Bedside to Bench” Approach

    Bharat B. Aggarwal;Sahdeo Prasad;Simone Reuter;Ramaswamy Kannappan

  • Targeting Inflammatory Pathways by Triterpenoids for Prevention and Treatment of Cancer

    Vivek R. Yadav;Sahdeo Prasad;Bokyung Sung;Ramaswamy Kannappan

  • Downregulation of tumor necrosis factor and other proinflammatory biomarkers by polyphenols.

    Subash C. Gupta;Amit K. Tyagi;Priya Deshmukh-Taskar;Myriam Hinojosa

  • Age-associated chronic diseases require age-old medicine: role of chronic inflammation.

    Sahdeo Prasad;Bokyung Sung;Bharat B. Aggarwal

  • Chronic diseases, inflammation, and spices: how are they linked?

    Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara;Bethsebie L. Sailo;Kishore Banik;Choudhary Harsha

  • Role of Phytochemicals in Cancer Prevention.

    Alok Ranjan;Sharavan Ramachandran;Nehal Gupta;Itishree Kaushik

  • Targeting inflammatory pathways by flavonoids for prevention and treatment of cancer

    Sahdeo Prasad;Kannokarn Phromnoi;Vivek R. Yadav;Madan M. Chaturvedi

  • Curcumin differs from tetrahydrocurcumin for molecular targets, signaling pathways and cellular responses.

    Bharat B. Aggarwal;Lokesh Deb;Sahdeo Prasad

Frequent Co-Authors

Bokyung Sung
Bokyung Sung The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Subash C. Gupta
Subash C. Gupta Banaras Hindu University
Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara
Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Sunil Krishnan
Sunil Krishnan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Petar D. Marin
Petar D. Marin University of Belgrade
Akira Murakami
Akira Murakami Kyoto University
Mingyao Liu
Mingyao Liu University Health Network
Shantu Amin
Shantu Amin Pennsylvania State University

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