Maryam Saberi-Karimian - Lung Diseases Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mina Nosrati - International UNESCO center for Health Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Arezoo Orooji - Student Research Committee, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Tooba Kazemi - Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Ali Javandoost - International UNESCO center for Health Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Akram Mohammadi - International UNESCO center for Health Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Gordon A. Ferns - Brighton & Sussex Medical School, Division of Medical Education, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex BN۱ ۹PH, UK.
Malihe Aghasizadeh - Cardiovascular Diseases Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan - International UNESCO center for Health Related Basic Sciences and Human Nutrition, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

Introduction: Obesity is a common risk factor associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Curcumin has been reported to exert beneficial effects on lipid metabolism, including HDL functionality. We have examined the effects of curcumin on HDL cholesterol uptake capacity in subjects with obesity.Materials and Methods: ۳۰ obese individuals received curcumin and placebo ۱ g per day for a period of ۳۰ days. The subjects were crossed over to the alternative regimen after a ۲-week washout period. A modified cholesterol uptake capacity (CUC) assay was used to determine serum HDL functionality.Results: The study groups had similar base line characteristics. We did not find significant effects (p>۰.۰۵) of curcumin on serum HDL CUC levels.Conclusion: Curcumin administration at a dose of ۱ g per day for ۳۰ days did not affect HDL CUC in subjects with obesity.

Curcuma longa, Curcumin, Cholesterol Uptake Capacity, metabolic syndrome