[a] 1Introduction Natural phenolic compounds from medicinal herbs and dietary plants including phenolic acids,f lavonoids,t annins,s tilbenes,c urcuminoids,c oumarins,l ignans,q uinones etc. play an important role in cancer prevention and treatment and various bioactivities [1].C urcumin [1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione] is ap olyphenol compound, an atural product derived from the rhizome of curcumal onga [2] [23] were used for the determination of curcumin. All theser eported electrochemical methods are in the weak or strong acidic analysis system, and the electrochemical reactionm echanism at the electrode surface is still controversial. Thereby,i ti sn ecessary to developamethod for determination of curcumin with high sensitivitya nd simplicity under physiological condition and to investigate the electrochemical reaction mechanism of curcumin.Graphene,atwo-dimensional honeycombl atticeo fs p 2 carbon atoms,i sideallys uited for implementation in electrochemical applications sincei tw as discovered by Geim and co-workers in 2004 [24] due to its bettera nd unique electrochemical properties [25,26].N ovel electrochemical sensors modified with graphene are generally tested for the detection of glucose [27],h ydrogen peroxide [28], bnicotinamide adenine dinucleotide [29] and dopamine [30] etc. Among these applications,t he most popularp reAbstract:T his work presents as ensitive voltammetric methodf or determination of curcumin by using ae lectrochemically reduced graphene oxide( ERGO) modified glass carbon electrode (GCE) in 100 mM KCl-10 mM sodium phosphate buffer solution (pH 7.40). Thee lectrochemical behaviorso fc urcumin at ERGO/GCE were investigated by cyclic voltammetry,s uggesting that the ERGO/GCE exhibits excellente lectrocatalytic activity towardsc urcumin, compared with bare GCE and GO/ GCE electrodes.T he electrochemical reaction mechanisms of curcumin, demethoxycurcumin and bisdemethoxycurcumin at the ERGO/GCE were also investigated and discussed systematically.U nder physiological condition,t he modified electrode showed linear voltammetric response from 0.2 mMt o6 0.0 mMf or curcumin, with the detection limit of 0.1 mm. This work demonstrates that the graphene-modified electrode is ap romising strategy for electrochemical determination of biological important phenolic compounds.