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Curcumin inhibits aggregation of alpha-synuclein.
Acta neuropathologica - 1 Apr 2008
Pandey Neeraj, Strider Jeffrey, Nolan William C, Yan Sherry X, Galvin James E
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Aggregation of amyloid-beta protein (Abeta) is a key pathogenic event in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Curcumin, a constituent of the Indian spice Turmeric is structurally similar to Congo Red and has been demonstrated to bind Abeta amyloid and prevent further oligomerization of Abeta monomers onto growing amyloid beta-sheets. Reasoning that oligomerization kinetics and mechanism of amyloid formation are similar in...
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