Cinnamon, an antidote for Alzheimer's disease
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| Illustration of cinnamon. © 2013 Merdeka.com / Shutterstock / Chamille White |
The researchers consisting of Roshni George and Donald Graves of the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, explains that cinnamaldehyde and epicatechin compounds in cinnamon can promise protection against the emergence of Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.
They also say that these substances have been shown to prevent the formation of fibers in the brain are found in the brain cells that characterize Alzheimer's disease.
According to the researchers, as reported by RedOrbit, a protein known as tau is responsible for the assembly of microtubules in cells, and also play an important role in the structure and function of neurons.
In the case of Alzheimer's, when tau is not bound correctly on microtubules that form the structure of the cell, it will tend to clump together, which will eventually form a soluble fiber neurons.
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