A recent study, entitled “Curcumin Dietary Supplementation Enhances Serum Carbohydrate-Degrading Enzyme Activities in Buffaloes,” researched the impact of supplementing curcumin, a major active constituent of turmeric, into the diets of buffaloes. It aimed at ascertaining the influence of this supplementation on enzymes involved in carbohydrate digestion in the blood.
Methodology: Curcumin supplementation in buffaloes was carried out, after which the activities of certain carbohydrate-degrading enzymes in their serum were assayed. The changes in such activities of the above-mentioned enzymes were screened to monitor variations induced by supplemented curcumin.
Results: The results showed that the buffaloes supplemented with curcumin had higher activities of carbohydrate-degrading enzymes in their serum, indicating a positive effect of supplementation on carbohydrate metabolism.
This implies that dietary supplementation with curcumin may enhance carbohydrate digestion and metabolic health among buffaloes. Implications of such findings are enormous in animal husbandry and could result in improved health and productivity in buffaloes.
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Maima Matin, Natalia Ksepka, Kamil Wysocki, Michel-Edwar Mickael, Alpana Pande, Jarosław Olav Horbańczuk, Artur Jóźwik, Olga Adamska, Artur Stolarczyk, Laszlo Barna Iantovics, Yordanka Ilieva, Pencho Penchev, Atanas G. Atanasov, Curcumin dietary supplementation enhances serum carbohydrate-degrading enzyme activities in buffaloes, Current Research in Biotechnology, Volume 9, 2025, 100276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbiot.2025.100276