Description
Demethoxycurcumindisplaysanticancer,antioxidative,anti-inflammatory,antibacterial,andneuroprotectiveactivities.DemethoxycurcuminactivatesAMPK,inhibitingeukaryoticinitiationfactor4Ebindingprotein1(eIF4E-bp3)anddownregulatingHSP70andEGFRinvitro.Likeothersimilarcompounds,demethoxycurcuminmayindirectlyinhibitEGFRactivation.DemethoxycurcuminalsoinhibitsSTAT3activationandincreasesactivityofcaspase3invitro,inhibitingcellproliferation,migration,andinvasioninseveralcancercelllines.Demethoxycurcumindownregulatesreactiveoxygenspecies(ROS)-relatedsignalinginvitroaswell.Thiscompoundinhibitsphosphorylationoftauproteinsandmayinhibitacetylcholinesterase(AChE)activityinvitro,suggestingpotentialbenefitinthetreatmentofAlzheimer’sdisease.Demethoxycurcuminmayalsobeapotentialtreatmentforvascularinjury,asitdecreasesexpressionofmatrixmetalloproteinase2/9anddownregulatesPI3K/AktandERK1/2signaling,preventingmigrationofvascularsmoothmusclecellsinvitro.ThiscompoundalsodisplaysantibacterialactivityagainstMycobacteriumtuberculosis.