Written from the studies on PubMed, searched on 2026. nov. 11.. Every number below comes from a study listed under Sources.
What people read
Posts online say that Curcumin (turmeric) helps with Huntington's disease.
What has been studied
- 0In people
- 9In animals
- 2Only in the lab
What the studies found
Curcumin (turmeric) has been studied for Huntington's disease in animals, not yet in people.
We found 15 published papers on Curcumin (turmeric) and Huntington's disease. They were published between 2012 and 2026.
0 of them are studies in people (0 randomised trials), 4 are reviews, 9 are studies in animals and 2 are studies only in the lab.
The most important ones are listed under Sources.
What this means for you: Results in animals or in cells often do not hold in people. Do not stop or change your medicines because of it. Ask your doctor before you start taking it.
Sources
- Curcumin: A small molecule with big functionality against amyloid aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases and type 2 diabetes.2021 · Biofactors · Review
- Therapeutic and Mechanistic Effects of Curcumin in Huntington's Disease.2021 · Curr Neuropharmacol · Review
- Benefits of curcumin in brain disorders.2019 · Biofactors · Review
- Molecular chaperone dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases and effects of curcumin.2014 · Biomed Res Int · Review
- Amendment of Altered Immune Response by Curcumin in Drosophila Model of Huntington's Disease.2023 · J Huntingtons Dis · In animals
- Management of altered metabolic activity in Drosophila model of Huntington's disease by curcumin.2022 · Exp Biol Med (Maywood) · In animals
- Melatonin and curcumin reestablish disturbed circadian gene expressions and restore locomotion ability and eclosion behavior in Drosophila model of Huntington's disease.2021 · Chronobiol Int · In animals
- Solid Lipid Curcumin Particles Protect Medium Spiny Neuronal Morphology, and Reduce Learning and Memory Deficits in the YAC128 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease.2020 · Int J Mol Sci · In animals
- Curcumin dietary supplementation ameliorates disease phenotype in an animal model of Huntington's disease.2019 · Hum Mol Genet · In animals
- Neuroprotective Activity of Curcumin in Combination with Piperine against Quinolinic Acid Induced Neurodegeneration in Rats.2016 · Pharmacology · In animals
- Evaluation of curcumin as an exploratory pharmacological tool for modulating dysregulated molecular pathways in cellular models of Huntington's disease.2026 · Mol Biol Rep · In the lab
- Curcumin-Loaded Nanoparticles Based on Amphiphilic Hyaluronan-Conjugate Explored as Targeting Delivery System for Neurodegenerative Disorders.2020 · Int J Mol Sci · In the lab