Table 4.
Lipophilicity of curcumin and hydrocurcumin analogs in two different biphasic (octanol—water: logPoct/w and toluene—water: logPtol/w) systems. Data represent average ± S.E.M from five parallel experiments.
Compound | logPoct/w | logPtol/w | ΔlogPoct_tol |
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4HC | 2.58 ± 0.07 | 2.27 ± 0.05 | 0.31 |
6HC | 2.15 ± 0.01 | 1.69 ± 0.03 | 0.46 |
8HC | 2.30 ± 0.02 | 1.55 ± 0.14 | 0.75 |