Blood, Vol. 113, Issue 2, 462-469, January 8, 2009
Curcumin, a cancer chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic agent, is a biologically active iron chelator Blood Jiao et al. 113: 462
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Figure S1. Curcumin does not induce damage to the small intestine (JPG, 139 KB) - Intestinal tissue was formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, stained with H&E, and imaged on a Nikon microscope as described in Materials and Methods. Representative sections from mice that were fed a 5 mg/kg iron diet in combination with 0%, 0.2%, 0.5% or 2.0% curcumin are shown.