Nanocurcumin packs curcumin into particles measured in nanometres so more of it survives digestion and reaches the blood. Once there it can travel to tissues throughout the body. Select a system to see which conditions have been studied.
A nanocurcumin particle. Not to scale.
Ordinary curcumin is poorly absorbed: most of it is broken down in the gut or passes straight through. Nanocurcumin formulations shrink it into nanometre-scale particles, often wrapped in a lipid or similar carrier, so more of it gets into the bloodstream. That is why much of the newer human research uses an enhanced formulation rather than plain turmeric extract.
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