Hydrophobic hydration driven self-assembly of Curcumin in water: Similarities to nucleation and growth under large metastability, and an analysis of water dynamics at heterogeneous surfaces

Milan Kumar Hazra, Susmita Roy, Biman Bagchi

As the beneficial effects of curcumin have often been reported to be limited to its small concentrations, we have undertaken a study to find the aggregation properties of curcumin…