78 Antioxidants can also act as anticancer agents 74,78,79 because they can scavenge free radicals that can cause DNA conformational changes, DNA/protein cross-links, and DNA damage, 16 leading to cell mutation, transformation, and cancer
Once there, the fatty acids are transformed into energy through the process known as -oxidation (beta oxidation)
In the intestinal and hepatic phase I reactions, curcumin can be metabolized into dihydrocurcumin, tetrahydrocurcumin, hexahydrocurcumin (HHC), and octahydrocurcumin (OHC) by alcohol dehydrogenases
CNS dopamine oxidation and catechol-O-methyltransferase: Importance in the etiology, pharmacotherapy, and dietary prevention of Parkinsons disease