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. 2017 Aug 17;17:412. doi: 10.1186/s12906-017-1922-x

Table 1.

Basic information of included studies

Study (years) Species (Sex,n) Model, anesthetic, weight Interventions Research methods
Virginia 2005 SD Rats
(Male,6/6)
6-OHDA induced (12μg, s.i.),
Isofiuorane,200 g
Curcumin (50 mg/kg dissolve in 10% of
Cremophor, gavage) for 4 days prior to lesioning
1. IHC
2. HPLC analysis
Pan 2007 C57BL/6 mice
(Male,30/10)
MPTP induced (30 mg/kg, i.p.),
Pentobarbital, 20 g
Curcumin (5, 50, 150 mg/kg dissolve in 1%
DMSO, i.p., respectively) for 4 days after surgery
1. IHC
2. WB analysis
Balusamy
2008
C57BL/6 mice
(Male,6/6)
BSO induced (3 mmol/kg, i.p.),
NR, 25 g
Curcumin (50 mg/kg dissolve in saline, i.p., bw per
day, for 1 and 3 days)
1. WB analysis
Rajeswari
2008
Swiss albino mice
(Male, 8/8)
MPTP induced (40 mg/kg, i.p.),
NR, 25–30 g
Curcumin (80 mg/kg dissolve in DMSO, i.p.)
for 7 days after surgery
1. HPLC analysis
Wang
2009
C57BL/6 mice
(Male,10/10)
MPTP induced (60 mg/kg, i.p.),
NR, 25–30 g
Curcumin (15 mg/kg dissolve in DMSO, i.p.) for 4 days prior to lesioning and after surgery 1. RT-PCR
2. HPLC analysis
Song 2010 C57BL/6 mice
(Male,10/10)
MPTP induced (30 mg/kg, i.p.),
NR, 23–25 g
Curcumin (50 mg/kg dissolve in DMSO, i.p.) for 5 days after surgery 1. Behavioral tests and WB
2. IHC
Peng 2010 SD Rats
(Male,20/20)
6-OHDA induced (16μg, s.i.),
Pentobarbital, 200–250 g
Curcumin (100 mg/kg dissolve in DMSO, gavage)
for 4 weeks after surgery
1. Behavioral tests
2. HPLC analysis
Zahra 2012 Wister rats
(Male,8/8)
Homocysteine induced
(2 mol/l, i.c.v.), NR, 250–300 g
Curcumin (50 mg/kg dissolve in saline, i.p.) for 10
days beginning 5 days prior to Hcy injection
1. Behavioral tests
2. IHC and Tunel staining
Du 2012 Wister rats
(Female,12/12)
6-OHDA induced (20μg, s.i.),
Chloral hydrate, 200–220 g
Curcumin pretreatment (200 mg/kg dissolve in saline) twice
a day for 24 days in total
1. HPLC analysis
2. IHC
Yu 2012 C57BL/6 mice
(Male,10/10)
MPTP induced (30 mg/kg, i.p.),
NR, 25 g
Curcumin (50 mg/kg dissolve in saline, i.p.) for 5 days
after surgery
1. Behavioral tests and WB 2. IHC and iron staining
Guo 2012 C57BL/6 mice (Male,30/10) Lipidosome induced (1 μg/ml, s.i.), Chloral hydrate, 18-22 g Curcumin (10, 20, 40 mg/kg dissolve in 1% DMSO, respectively, i.p.) for 4 days after surgery 1. Behavioral tests and WB 2. Elisa, RT-PCR, IFC 3. Luciferase assay
Tripanichkui 2013 ICR strain mice (Male,7/7) 6-OHDA induced (33μg, s.i.), Pentobarbital, NR Curcumin (200 mg/kg dissolve in DMSO, i.p.) for 7 days after surgery 1. IHC 2. Quantification Kits
Ariana 2014 Swiss albino mice (Male, 16/8) Inhalation Mn induced, NR, 45–55 g Curcumin (500 or 1500 PPM) was supplemented in the diet for 14 weeks 1. Behavioral tests 2. Neurochemical Analysis

MPTP 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; SD Rats Sprague-Dawley rats; BSO Buthionine sulfoximine; 6-OHDA 6-hydroxy dopamine; NR no report; s.i. Striatum injection; i.p. intraperitoneally; i.c.v. intracerebroventricularly; DMSO Dimethyl sulfoxide; PBS Phosphate-buffered saline; IHC Immunohistochemistry; HPLC High-performance liquid chromatography; WB analysis western blot; RT-PCR Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction; IFC immunofluorescence; Elisa the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay