Research Progress of the Anti-oxidative Effects of Curcumin on Vascular Endothelial Cells of Diabetes Mellitus.

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disease seriously threatening human health. Oxidative stress under hyperglycemia state is an important mechanism of vascular endothelial injury. Scholars at home and abroad have paid high attention to the preventive and therapeutic effects of curcumin on DM and its vascular complications. In this research, four aspects were reviewed, which were the oxidative stress injury of blood vessel endothelium, the preventive and therapeutic effects of curcumin on DM and vascular complication, and the mechanism and application prospect of antioxidative vascular endothelial protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]