Vahid Rahnama

Curcumin and metabolic syndrome: Mechanistic and clinical evidence for modulating diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors

Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is characterized by central obesity, hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, and elevated blood pressure. Obesity contributes to low-grade inflammation, oxidative stress, metabolic endotoxemia, decreased adiponectin, and increased leptin, which play major roles in insulin resistance. Inflammation and ins...