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The molecule on the left is (1E,6E)-1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione, better known, for obvious reasons, as curcumin (C21H20O6), the active ingredient in the curry spice tumeric. It has anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and, if a recent study is anything to go by, is also anti-amyloidogenic.
A team of researchers at UCLA’s David Geffen Medical Centre an the VA Greater Los Angeles Health Care System has obtained evidence that curcumin may help the immune system clear amyloid plaques, which are characteristic of Alzheimer’s, from the brain....
...These preliminary data seem promising, but the sample size is tiny - only 6 Alzheimer’s patients were enrolled in the study. However, previous work has shown that curcumin can inhibit the formation of amyloid-beta plaques and disaggregate plaques in mice with advanced accumulations of the malformed protein. Nor can it be a mere coincidence that India, where curry is staple, has one of the lowest rates of Alzheimer’s in the world...
Link to full post at The Neurophilosopher’s weblog
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