Investigation of Biochemical Properties of Curcumin

Objective

The project objective is to create two products using curcumin, a hand cream to help with inflammation caused by arthritis and a UVA/UVB blocking sunscreen using Zinc Oxide as a physical blocker and curcumin as a chemical blocker. Curcumin is very similar in structure to many other organic chemical blockers that block UVB radiation. Our hypothesis is that the similar structure of curcumin will allow it to act as an effective chemical UVB blocker while simultaneously contributing antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties to the sunscreen.

Meeting

Monday 10-3pm and Thursday in SA116

Students

• Alexandra Griffith — agriffith999 (at) gmail.com
• Hadeel Darweesh — hdarweesh (at) me.bergen.edu
• Victor Paucar — vpaucar (at) me.bergen.edu
• Hadassah Haricha — hharicha112454 (at) me.bergen.edu
• Haidy Mohamed — hmohamed109261 (at) me.bergen.edu
• Gueminatou Sawadogo — gsawadogo (at) me.bergen.edu

Mentor(s)

• Ara Kahyaoglu — akahyaoglu (at) bergen.edu