Alzheimer's – Curcumin is a Key Fighter
Curcumin, a powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory compound found in the curry spice turmeric, has been found to reduce the build-up of plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of transgenic mice specially bred to develop the disease. Dr. Lim and her colleagues in various Departments of Medicine and Neurology in California divided 23 tenmonth- old male and female transgenic mice (APPS) into groups which were fed either with low-dose curcumin (160 ppm), high-dose curcumin (5000 ppm) or no curcumin, for six months. Brain regions were assayed for beta-amyloid, interleukin-1-beta,...
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