Green Tea Could Provide Alzheimer’s Breakthrough
By Jess Halliday 9/21/2005
Scientists investigating the effects of green tea antioxidant EGCG on mice’s brains believe their positive results may signal its use as a preventative or treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate) is the most potent antioxidant polyphenol in green tea and has been repeatedly studied in labs for its purported anti-cancer effect. Ingredients companies DSM and Taiyo have isolated EGCG and offer it in highly purified form to food and supplements manufacturers. The new study, published today in the Journal of Neuroscience, will certainly be of interest to them, especially as the researchers say that the effects they observed in their study may not be brought about by drinking green tea, but that pure EGCG extract may be required.
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