Primary Recipient

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Amount

$151,000.00

Award Date

7/16/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Curcumin, a naturally occurring dietary polyphenol, has shown significant potential as a chemopreventive in cell culture models of breast cancer. However, curcumin suffers from poor oral bioavailability in vivo, resulting in sub-optimal systemic exposure