Turmeric-based drug effective on Alzheimer flies
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - 11:30
in Biology & Nature
Curcumin, a substance extracted from turmeric, prolongs life and enhances activity of fruit flies with a nervous disorder similar to Alzheimer's disease. The study indicates that it is the initial stages of fibril formation and fragments of the amyloid fibrils that are most toxic to neurons.