The researchers suggest it may be a GLP-1 effect, since curcumin stimulates GLP-1 in rodents, as well as in cells in a petri dish, but there hasnt been a human studyuntil now
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Some research suggests that the protein transporter that tumor cells use to import glutamine is different from the one that normal cells use, and that this transporter is more abundant on tumor cells
Although it has protective antioxidant functions, its surge may also alter copper kinetics, potentially increasing the delivery of redox-active copper to tissues or disrupting its cellular utilization, thereby paradoxically exacerbating copper-mediated toxicity in cardiomyocytes [177]
Mild swelling and redness may occur at the injection site but typically resolve within a few days